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THE  HISTORY  OF  A  LIE 


"The  Protocols  of  the  Wise  Men  of  Zion" 


"Sin  has  many  tools,  but  a  lie  is  the  handle  which  fits  them  all" 
— OLIVER  WENDELL  HOLMES. 


A    STUDY 

BY 

HERMAN    BERNSTEIN 
AUTHOR  OF  "Wrrn  MASTER  MINDS,"  ETC. 


NEW  YORK 

J.  S.  OGILVIE  PUBLISHING  COMPANY 
57  ROSE  STREET 


COPYRIGHT,    1921,   BY   J.   S.   OGILVIE   PUBLISHING   COMPANY 


Oldl>IV 

Annex 

3T 

05? 


FOREWORD 


This  is  the  history  of  a  Lie  —  of  a  cruel  and  terrible 
Lie  invented  for  the  purpose  of  defaming  the  entire  Jew- 
ish people.  Given  out  as  fiction,  by  a  German  anti- 
Semitic  writer,  involved  in  the  Waldcck  forgery  case,  who 
concealed  his  identity  under  the  pen-name  of  an  English-' 
man,  it  was  gradually  changed  and  elaborated,  and  finally 
groomed  as  fact.  Agents  of  the  Russian  secret  police 
department  and  of  the  unscrupulous  "Black  Hundreds" 
then  utilized  this  fiction  as  the  framework  for  the  "pro- 
tocols" through  which  they  sought  to  crush  the  Jews  and 
prop  up  the  tottering  Russian  dynasty. 

Tsarism  destroyed  itself,  but  the  agents  of  Tsarism, 
still  dreaming  of  their  past  glory  and  of  a  restoration  of 
their  privileges,  are  at  work  again,  both  here  and  abroad. 

Out  of  the  scraphcap  of  Russian  autocracy,  they  have 
exhumed  their  old  weapons  and  are  striking  at  the  Jews 
again.  Upon  the  structure  of  the  old  myths  they  are 
striving  to  erect  new  falsehoods  in  order  to  intensify 
everywhere  chaos  and  confusion  and  dissatisfaction  so 
that  they  may  attain  their  own  dastardly  and  selfish  ends. 

In  the  war's  aftermath  the  Jews  are  being  blamed  by 
the  minions  of  autocracy  and  reaction  for  all  the  ills  that 
have  befallen  mankind.  Some  blame  them  for  the  war, 
and  others  for  the  peace.  Some  attack  them  for  the 
defeat  of  the  German  military  machine,  and  others^ 
for  the  victory  of  the  allies.  In  Germany  they  are  at- 
tacked by  the  Junkers  for  having  opposed  the  submarine 
warfare  and  thus  assured  Germany's  defeat;  while  in 
some  of  the  allied  countries  the  Jews  are  denounced  for 
constituting  "the  brains  of  Germany,"  411  the  revolu- 
3 

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tionary  leaders  of  Germany  are  credited  to  the  Jews,  and 
bolshevism,  which  has  as  little  in  common  with  Judaism 
as  it  has  with  Christianity,  is  branded  as  a  Jewish  move- 
ment; and  there  are  Jew-baiters  -who  in  their  blind 
madness  have  gone  so  far  as  to  declare  that  ex-Kaiser 
Wilhelm  was  not  only  influenced  by  the  Jews  but  is  him- 
self of  Jewish  descent,  and  for  this  reason  did  not 
defend  Germany  as  loyally  as  he  should  have  done.  He 
conspired  against  the  Hohenzollern  dynasty  and  under- 
mined it.  He  destroyed  his  own  throne  because  he  was 
serving  the  secret  Jewish  world  organisation. 

On  such  absurdities  have  people  been  fed,  since  the 
armistice,  in  civilized  countries  by  antisemitic  agitators 
and  their  dupes,  while  Jews  have  been  slaughtered  in  the 
Ukraine,  in  Poland  and  in  Hungary. 

I  submit  in  this  little  book  the  documentary  evidence 
showing  how  the  so-called  "Protocols  of  the  Wise  Men 
of  Zion"  on  which  this  new  crusade  is  predicated,  were 
forged. 

HERMAN  BERNSTEIN. 
New  York,  February, 


CONTENTS 


PAGE 

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CHAPTER  ONE 

THE  MYSTERIOUS  PROTOCOLS 

The  Lie  of  a  Jewish  World  Conspiracy—  Is  There  a  Jewish 
Conspiracy?  —  Anonymous  Accusations  —  The  Mysterious 
"Protocols"  of  Sergei  Nilus  —  How  did  "Nilus"  Secure 
Them?  —  Contradictory  Explanations  —  Who  is  "Nilus"? 
How  his  Sponsors  Disagree—  What  Russian  Publicists 
Say  ........  .........  7 

CHAPTER  TWO 

THE  STORY  FROM  WHICH  THE  PROTOCOLS 
WERE  FABRICATED 

Essence  of  "Protocols"  Was  German  Fiction  of  "Sir  John 
Retcliffe"—  Who  Was  "Retcliffe"?—  His  Infamous  Rec- 
ord—His Bloodcurdling  Story  —  The  Meeting  in  the 
Cemetery  —  An  Avowed  Myth  —  Meeting  Every  Hundred 
Years  Attended  by  "Representatives  of  the  Twelve 
Tribes  of  Israel"  —  The  "Son  of  the  Accursed"  Also  At- 
tends and  Provides  Comic  Interludes  .....  .16 

CHAPTER  THREE 
FICTION  FORGED  INTO  'TACT" 

The  Lie  in  its  Second  Stage—  The  Tale  Becomes  "Fact"— 
The  "Rabbi's"  Speech  —  Its  Authenticity  Vouched  for  by 
"Retcliffe"  —  An  Illuminating  Footnote  —  A  Dedication  to 
The      Russian      "Black      Hundreds"  —  The      Imaginary 
"Speech"  Bears  Witness  to  Authenticity  of  "Protocols," 
Themselves   Based  on  "Speech"—  Three  Stages  of  the 
Li«     ...........     .......    43 

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PAGE 

CHAPTER  FOUR 
THE  RUSSIAN  SPONSORS  OF  THE  FORGERY 

Nilus  on  the  Protocols — Only  "the  God-Anointed  Tsar  of 
Russia"  Can  Save  the  World— Passages  from  Nilus 
Omitted  by  Translators — On  Tolstoy — On  the  Emanci- 
pation of  Women — On  the  "Sanhedrin"  and  "its  Faithful 
Ally,  England" 55 

CHAPTER  FIVE 
FORGERS  DISAGREE 

The  Butmi  Protocols — "Representatives  of  Zion"  Not  to  be 
Confounded  with  "Zionists" — Butmi  Contradicts  Nilus- — 
Plan  for  World  Conquest  Conceived  929  B.  C.  E.— The 
"Symbolic  Snake" — Universal  Suffrage  a  Jewish  Device 
— Every  Jew  Familiar  with  Plot  .  ...  .  .  .  .  .:  59 

CHAPTER  SIX 
THE  BLACK  HUNDREDS,  THEIR  DUPES  AND  CRIMES 

Russia  in  1905 — The  Unsuccessful  Revolution — The  Reaction 
and  the  Reactionaries — Lutostansky  and  His  Work — The 
"Symbolic  Snake"  According  to  Lutostansky — Who 
Plagiarized? — Lutostansky  on  the  English  People — Are 
the  English  the  "Lost  Tribes"?— How  the  Protocols 
Wcr«  "Doctored"  by  Butmi — Conclusion  .  .  x  .  A  63 


CHAPTER  ONE 
THE  MYSTERIOUS  PROTOCOLS 

The  Lie  of  a  Jewish  World  Conspiracy — Is  There  a  Jewish  Con- 
spiracy?— Anonymous  Accusations — The  Mysterious  "Proto- 
cols" of  Sergei  Nilus — How  did  "Nilus"  Secure  Them? — 
— Contradictory  Explanations — Who  is  "Nilus"? — How  his 
Sponsors  Disagree — What  Russian  Publicists  Say. 

Is  there  a  Jewish  conspiracy  against  the  world  or  is 
there  a  conspiracy  against  the  Jews?  What  are  the  so- 
called  "Protocols  of  the  Wise  Men  of  Zion?"  Who  is 
"the  Russian  mystic,"  Sergius  Nilus,  the  sponsor  of  the 
Protocols?  What  forces  are  behind  the  anti-Jewish 
propaganda  that  is  international  in  scope  and  that  seeks 
at  this  time  to  spread  all  over  the  world  the  poison  of 
prejudice  and  hatred  against  the  Jews,  reviving  long- 
exploded  mediaeval  legends? 

Many  Americans  have  asked  these  questions  ever  since 
the  publication  of  "The  Cause  of  the  World  Unrest," 
"The  Protocols  and  World  Revolution,"  "The  Protocols 
of  the  Wise  Men  of  Zion,"  and  the  anti- Jewish  articles  in 
Henry  Ford's  Dearborn  Independent. 

In  1919  a  translation  of  extracts  from  what  purports 
to  be  a  book  by  one  Sergius  Nilus  was  published  in  Ger- 
many. During  1920  a  translation  was  published  in  Eng- 
land under  the  name  of  "The  Jewish  Peril,"  and  under 
various  titles,  in  different  versions,  it  was  reproduced  in 
the  United  States,  France,  Sweden,  Denmark,  Finland 
and  even  Japan.  The  Japanese  edition  is  in  the  Russian 
language.  In  all  these  books  "the  Russian  mystic," 
Sergius  Nilus,  is  given  as  the  sponsor  of  a  number  of 
secret  "documents"  by  which  it  is  intended  to  show  that 
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IB  [THE  HISTORY  OF  A  LIE 

the  Jews  are  responsible  for  all  the  ills  that  have  already 
befallen  the  world  and  that  are  still  to  come. 

The  method  is  simple.  Was  there  a  revolution  in  Rus- 
sia? Blame  the  Jews.  Was  there  a  revolution  in  Ger- 
many? Blame  the  Jews.  Who  made  the  French  Revo- 
lution? The  Jews.  Who  caused  the  World  War?  The 
Jews.  Who  profited  by  the  war?  The  Jews.  Is  there 
anywhere  an  industrial  crisis?  The  Jews  are,  of  course, 
the  cause  of  it.  Has  the  World  War  brought  forth  Bol- 
shevism ?  The  Jews  are  naturally  the  fathers  of  it.  First 
the  Jews  engineered  the  war,  and  then  they  pulled  the 
strings  behind  the  scenes  of  the  Peace  Conference.  They 
secured  special  privileges  at  the  Peace  Table,  because, 
according  to  the  Protocols,  they  control  the  gold  of  the 
world,  the  press  of  the  world,  the  rulers  of  the  world. 
And  if,  as  a  result  of  the  World  War,  millions  of  Jews 
have  suffered  untold  agonies,  persecution,  starvation,  and 
pogroms,  it  is  no  doubt  only  part  of  their  deep-laid  plot 
to  gain  control  of  the  world  for  Zion  through  poverty 
and  suffering! 

Are  governments  just  to  the  Jews,  giving  them 
equal  rights  ?  Then  it  is  obvious  that  Jews  are  either  at 
the  head  of  such  governments  or  are  hidden  behind  the 
present  rulers.  If  the  Jews  cannot  exert  sufficient  in- 
fluence over  the  rulers  themselves,  there  are  Jewesses 
in  high  places,  through  whom  the  cause  of  Zion  is  served 
— and  all  this  is  done  by  the  Jews  with  but  one  aim  in 
view — to  dominate  the  world,  to  become  its  autocratic 
masters,  to  break  down  the  moral  power  of  Christendom 
and  set  up  Israel  as  "the  despot"  over  the  peoples  of  the 
earth.  According  to  the  Protocols,  all  this  is  engineered 
with  the  aid  and  through  the  instrumentality  of  the  Free- 
masons. 

The  propagandists  everywhere,  in  Germany,  England, 


THE  HISTORY  OF  A  LIE  9 

France,  the  Scandinavian  countries,  Japan  and  the  United 
States,  basing  all  their  arguments  on  the  "Protocols" 
vouched  for  by  "the  Russian  mystic"  Sergius  Nilus,  see 
in  the  present  chaotic  conditions  the  absolute  fulfillment 
of  the  prophecies  outlined  by  the  so-called  "Wise  Men 
of  Zion"  years  ago.  The  propagandists  are  violent  and 
vicious,  foaming  at  their  mouths,  appealing  to  the  basest 
passions,  insinuating,  accusing,  pointing  their  fingers  at 
"the  source  of  all  evil" — at  the  Jews  who  constitute  but 
a  fraction  of  one  per  cent  of  the  world's  population,  and 
who  are  in  Europe  to-day,  after  the  close  of  the  World 
War,  more  wretched  and  miserable  than  ever  before, — 
persecuted,  hounded  and  starved. 

What  are  these  mysterious  Protocols?  How  did  they 
come  to  "the  Russian  mystic"  who  revealed  them  in  1905, 
and  which  have  now  been  exhumed  from  obscurity  for 
the  purpose  of  enlightening  the  world,  and  which  point 
to  the  Jews  as  the  cause  of  all  unrest,  chaos  and  con- 
fusion? 

Nilus,  "the  Russian  mystic,"  is  credited  with  several 
versions  of  how  he  had  secured  the  Protocols,  and  his 
stories  flatly  contradict  one  another.  In  1905  he  said 
that  the  Protocols  were  given  to  him  by  a  prominent  Rus- 
sian conservative  whose  name  he  did  not  mention,  and 
who  in  turn  had  received  them  from  an  unnamed  woman 
who  had  stolen  them  from  "one  of  the  most  influential 
leaders  of  Freemasonry  at  the  close  of  a  secret  meeting 
of  the  initiated  in  France."  Then,  several  years  later, 
Nilus  wrote  that  his  friend  himself  had  stolen  the 
Protocols  from  "the  headquarters  of  the  Society  of  Zion 
in  France."  Several  years  afterwards,  in  a  new  edition 
of  his  book,  Nilus  said  that  the  "Protocols"  came  from 
Switzerland  and  not  from  France.  This  time  he  named 
his  Russian  conservative  friend,  Sukhotin,  who  had  died 


to  THE  HISTORY  OF  A  LIE 

in  the  meantime.  He  added  that  the  Protocols  were  not 
Jewish- Masonic  but  Zionist  documents  secretly  read  at 
the  Zionist  Congress  in  Basle  in  1897. 

Then  followed  a  new  edition  of  the  Nilus  book  bearing 
the  date  of  1917.  A  translation  of  this  edition  has  re- 
cently appeared  in  this  country,  containing  a  brand-new 
explanation  as  to  how  the  Protocols  were  rescued  and 
given  to  the  world.  This  explanation  is  taken  from  the 
German  version  published  in  Charlottenburg.  The  intro- 
duction to  that  edition  says  that  the  Protocols,  having 
been  read  from  day  to  day  at  the  Basle  Congress,  were 
sent  as  read  to  Frankfort  on  the  Main.  The  disclosure 
of  them  came  through  the  infidelity  of  the  messenger. 

The  1917  edition  is  published  with  a  prologue  and  an 
epilogue,  like  a  drama,  which  indeed  it  is,  with  all  the 
ingredients  of  melodrama — a  villain,  a  mysterious  woman, 
a  Grand  Duke,  a  conspiracy  to  destroy  the  world,  and  a 
saint — Nilus,  who  convicts  himself  in  his  own  writings 
of  falsification  in  the  giving  of  these  various  accounts  of 
how  the  Protocols  came  into  his  possession. 

Nothing  is  known  of  Sergius  Nilus.  Russian  standard 
reference  books  and  encyclopedias  contain  no  mention  of 
his  name. 

The  anonymous  American  editor  of  the  Nilus  book 
gives  the  following  information  about  Nilus: 

"Serge  Nilus,  in  the  1905  edition  of  whose  book  was 
first  published  the  Zionist  Protocols,  was,  as  he  states, 
born  in  the  year  1862,  of  Russian  parents  holding  liberal 
opinions.  His  family  was  fairly  well  known  in  Moscow, 
for  its  members  were  educated  people  who  were  firm  in 
their  allegiance  to  the  Tsar  and  the  Greek  Church.  On 
one  side  he  is  said  to  have  been  connected  by  marriage 
with  the  nobility  of  the  Baltic  provinces.  Nilus  Himself 
was  graduated  from  the  University  of  Moscow  and  early 


THE  HISTORY  OF  A  LIE  n 

entered  the  civil  service,  obtaining  a  small  appointment 
in  the  law  courts.  Later,  he  received  a  post  under  the 
Procurator  of  a  provincial  court  in  the  Caucasus.  Finally, 
tiring  of  the  law,  he  went  to  the  Government  of  Orel, 
where  he  was  a  landowner  and  a  noble.  His  spiritual  life 
had  been  tumultuous  and  full  of  trouble,  and  finally  he 
entered  the  Troitsky-Sergevsky  Monastery  near  Moscow. 
'In  answer  to  his  appeal  for  pardon,  Saint  Sergei,  stern 
and  angry,  appeared  to  him  twice  in  a  vision.  He  left 
the  Monastery  a  converted  man.' 

"From  1905  until  the  present,  little  is  known  of  his 
activities.  Articles  are  said  to  have  appeared  from  time 
to  time  in  the  Russian  press  from  his  pen.  A  returning 
traveller  from  Siberia  in  August,  1919,  was  positive  in  his 
statement  that  Nilus  was  in  Irkutsk  in  June  of  that 
year.  Whether  his  final  fate  was  that  of  Admiral  Kolchak 
is  not  known." 

The  American  editor  of  Sergius  Nilus's  book  containing 
the  "Protocols"  is  hiding  behind  anonymity.  The  name 
of  the  traveller  from  Siberia  who  was  so  positive  in  his 
statement  that  Nilus  was  in  Irkutsk  is  also  concealed. 
And  Serge  Nilus  to  whom  Saint  Sergei  "appeared  twice 
in  a  vision"  "is  said  to  have  written  articles  in  the  Rus- 
sian press"  of  which  nobody  has  knowledge. 

In  Germany,  Nilus  is  described  as  follows : 

"Sergius  Nilus  was  an  employee  of  the  Russian  secret 
police  department,  of  the  okhrana,  connected  with  the 
Church,  especially  relating  to  'foreign  religions.'  He  lived 
for  some  time  at  the  Optina  Pustina  monastery.  In  1901 
he  published  a  book  entitled  The  Great  in  the  Small  and 
the  Anti-Christ.'  According  to  the  Lutsch  Sveta,  Nilus 
claims  to  have  received  in  1901  a  copy  of  the  text  of  the 
Protocols  from  the  secret  archives  of  the  Main  Zionist 
organization  in  France,  but  he  published  the  'protocols' 


12  THE  HISTORY  OF  A  LIE 

only  in  1905.  A  second  edition  appeared  in  1911,  and 
finally  another  edition  was  brought  out  in  the  beginning 
of  1917,  but  all  copies  are  said  to  have  been  destroyed." 

"The  Cause  of  the  World  Unrest,"  an  anonymous  book 
published  in  England  and  reprinted  in  this  country,  speaks 
of  Nilus  and  the  "Protocols"  as  follows: 

"In  the  year  1903  a  Russian,  Serge  Nilus,  published  a 
book  entitled  The  Great  in  Little.  The  second  edition, 
which  was  published  at  Tsarskoye  Selo  in  1905,  had  an 
additional  chapter,  the  twelfth,  under  the  heading  'Anti- 
Christ  as  a  Near  Political  Possibility/  This  chapter  con- 
sisted of  some  twenty  pages  of  introduction  followed  by 
the  text  of  twenty-four  'Protocols  of  Meetings  of  the 
Learned  Elders  of  Zion,'  and  the  book  ends  with  some 
twenty  pages  of  commentaries  on  these  protocols  by  Nilus. 

"Directly  after  the  protocols,  comes  a  statement  by 
Nilus  that  they  are  'signed  by  representatives  of  Zion 
of  the  thirty-third  degree.'  These  protocols  were  secretly 
extracted  or  were  stolen  from  a  whole  volume  of  proto- 
cols. All  this  was  got  by  my  correspondent  out  of  the 
secret  depositories  of  the  Head  Chancellery  of  Zion.  This 
Chancellery  is  at  present  on  French  territory." 

In  the  edition  of  1917  Sergius  Nilus  wrote : 

"My  book  has  already  reached  the  fourth  edition,  but  it  is 
only  definitely  known  to  me  now  and  in  a  manner  worthy  of 
belief,  and  that  through  Jewish  sources,  that  these  protocols 
are  nothing  other  than  the  strategic  plans  for  the  conquest  of 
the  world  under  the  heel  of  Israel,  and  worked  out  by  the 
leaders  of  the  Jewish  people — and  read  by  the  'Prince  of  Exile,' 
Theodor  Herzl,  during  the  first  Zionist  Congress,  summoned  by 
him  in  August,  1897,  in  Basle." 

It  will  be  shown  later  that  the  so-called  Butmi  edition 
of  the  "protocols"  published  in  1907  contains  the  definite 
statement  of  the  man  who  claims  to  have  translated  them 


THE  HISTORY  OF  A  LIE  13 

into  Russian  from  the  French  in  1901  that  the  Elders  of 
Zioi  mentioned  in  the  Protocols  are  not  to  be  confounded 
with  the  Zionist  movement. 

In  the  1917  edition  Sergius  Nilus  wrote: 

"In  1901  I  came  into  possession  of  a  manuscript,  and  this 
comparatively  small  book  was  destined  to  cause  a  deep  change 
in  my  entire  viewpoint  as  can  only  be  caused  in  the  heart  of 
man  by  Divine  Power.  It  was  comparable  with  the  miracle  of 
making  the  blind  see.  'May  Divine  acts  show  on  him.' 

"This  manuscript  was  called  'the  protocols  of  the  Zionist 
Men  of  Wisdom,'  and  it  was  given  to  me  by  the  now  deceased 
leader  of  the  Tchernigov  nobility,  who  later  became  vice-governor 
of  Stavropol,  Alexis  Nikolayevitch  Sukhotin.  I  had  already 
begun  to  work  with  my  pen  for  the  glory  of  the  Lord,  and  I 
was  friendly  with  Sukhotin.  He  was  a  man  of  my  opinion, 
that  is,  extremely  conservative,  as  they  are  now  termed. 

"Sukhotin  told  me  that  he  in  turn  had  obtained  the  manu- 
script from  a  lady  who  always  lived  abroad.  This  lady  was  a 
noblewoman  from  Tchernigov.  He  mentioned  her  by  name,  but 
I  have  forgotten  it.  He  said  that  she  obtained  it  in  some  mys- 
terious way,  by  theft,  I  believe. 

"Sukhotin  also  said  that  one  copy  of  the  manuscript  was 
given  by  this  lady  to  Sipiagin,  the  Minister  of  the  Interior, 
upon  her  return  from  abroad,  and  that  Sipiagin  was  subsequently 
killed.  He  said  other  things  of  the  same  mysterious  character. 
But  when  I  first  became  acquainted  with  the  contents  of  the 
manuscript  I  was  convinced  that  its  terrible,  cruel  and  straight- 
forward truth  is  witness  of  its  true  origin  from  the  'Zionist  Men 
of  Wisdom/  and  that  no  other  evidence  of  its  origin  would  be 
needed." 

Feodor  Roditchev,  one  of  Russia's  most  famous  lib- 
erals, a  member  of  the  nobility,  a  former  member  of  the 
Duma,  writing  recently  of  the  Nilus  protocols  and  of 
Sukhotin  whom  Nilus  described  as  a  man  of  his  own 
opinion,  says : 

"For  months  I  hear  on  all  sides  about  the  Nilus  book  and  its 
success  in  England,  and  I  am  asked,  Who  is  Nilus?  There  was 
a  Nilus,  an  associate  justice  of  the  Moscow  District  Court.  It 


14  THE  HISTORY  OF  A  LIE 

« 

is   said  that  the  manuscript  was  given  to  Nilus  by  Sukhotin, 
the  notorious  zemstvo  official  of  Chernsk. 

"The  Berlin  edition  contains  no  mention  of  Sukhotin,  but  in 
that  edition  Nilus  said,  'Pray  for  the  soul  of  the  boyar  Alexis.' 

"The  name  of  the  notorious  Alexey  Nikolayevtich  Sukhotin 
means  nothing  to  the  present  generation.  But  there  was  a  time 
when  his  name  attracted  attention. 

"Sukhotin  arrested  the  peasants  of  a  whole  village  for  re- 
fusing to  cart  manure  from  his  stables  because  the  animals 
there  were  infected  with  glanders.  Judge  Tsurikov  released  the 
peasants.  Tsurikov  was  removed  for  this,  while  Sukhotin  justi- 
fied his  act  by  writing  to  the  Minister  of  the  Interior,  Durnovo, 
that  he  had  arrested  the  peasants  not  because  they  refused  to 
cart  his  manure  but  because  they  dared  disobey  him  as  a  zemstvo 
official.  The  reactionary  Chersnk  nobility  made  Sukhotin  mar- 
shal of  nobility.  So  it  was  this  man  who  furnished  the  protocols 
of  the  secret  meetings  of  the  representatives  of  Zion  1  But 
how  did  Sukhotin  get  the  protocols?  An  unknown  friend  had 
brought  them  to  him.  They  were  given  to  him  by  an  unknown 
lady  who  had  received  them  from  an  unknown  but  energetic 
participant  in  the  Basle  Congress.  Is  this  credible?  Well, 
then,  there  is  another  version  of  the  origin  of  the  protocols — 
but  that  is  for  the  German  readers.  The  Russian  government 
sent  a  spy  to  the  Basle  Congress.  He  did  not  go  to  the  Con- 
gress himself,  but  bribed  one  of  the  participants.  He  was 
carrying  the  protocols  from  Basle  to  Frankfurt  to  the  local 
masonic  organization.  He  stopped  on  the  way  in  a  little  town, 
and  gave  the  protocols  to  the  spy.  He  engaged  copyists  who 
worked  all  night  and  9opied  the  protocols. 

"In  the  first  Russian  version  the  protocols  were  supposed  to 
have  been  brought  to  Russia  in  French.  According  to  the  Ger- 
man version,  the  protocols  were  copied,  consequently  they  were 
in  German,  but  the  most  important  thing  is  that  the  protocols 
are  not  protocols  at  all,  but  a  monograph — which  could  be  called 
'the  dream  of  a  member  of  the  Black  Hundreds.'" 

A  distinguished  Russian  publicist  says  of  the  sponsor 
of  the  "protocols"  as  follows : 

"In  Russia  the  problems  of  Christianity  and  Judaism  have 
been  studied  by  such  men  as  Vladimir  Solovyov,  Professor 
Troitzky,  Professor  Kokovtsev,  Kartashov,  Bulgakov,  Berdyayev 


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— men  of  profound  intellect  and  a  living  conscience.  In  them 
the  counterfeit  ravings  of  the  ignorant  monk  (Nilus)  evoked 
but  a  smile  of  contempt.  The  low  level  of  the  circles  in  which 
men  like  Nilus  moved  and  worked  is  only  too  well  known.  It 
was  the  world  of  police  denunciations,  divorce  perjuries,  mo- 
nastic servility  and  feigned,  blasphemous  piety.  In  order  to 
attract  attention,  Nilus's  'Protocols  of  the  Wise  Men  of  Zion' 
had  to  emigrate  from  Russia.  And  the  further  away  they  went, 
the  better  they  fared." 


CHAPTER  TWO 

THE  STORY  FROM  WHICH  THE  PROTOCOLS 
WERE  FABRICATED 

Essence  of  "Protocols"  Was  German  Fiction  of  "Sir  John  Ret- 
cliffe"— Who  Was  "Retcliff e"  ?— His  Infamous  Record— His 
Bloodcurdling  Story— The  Meeting  in  the  Cemetery — An 
Avowed  Myth — Meeting  Every  Hundred  Years  Attended  by 
"Representatives  of  the  Twelve  Tribes  of  Israel" — The  "Son 
of  the  Accursed"  Also  Attends  and  Provides  Comic  Inter- 
ludes. 

The  query  now  naturally  arises,  what  is  the  origin  of 
these  much  heralded  "Protocols"  which  were  published 
in  Russia  by  Sergius  Nilus  in  1905,  and  a  copy  of  which, 
it  is  triumphantly  announced,  is  now  in  the  British 
Museum  ? 

The  anti-Jewish  propagandists  everywhere  content 
themselves  with  the  "history"  of  the  origin  of  the  "Pro- 
tocols" as  given  by  the  "Russian  mystic"  Sergius  Nilus. 
But  fortunately  "murder  will  out,"  and  the  criminals  who 
perpetrated  the  stupendous  forgery  for  the  purpose  of 
slandering  the  Jews  have  left  behind  clues  that  enable 
one  to  visualize  the  very  process  that  they  pursued  in 
the  perpetration  of  their  crime. 

In  1866-1870  there  appeared  in  Berlin  a  series  of  novels 
entitled  "Biarritz — Rome"  purporting  to  have  been  writ- 
ten by  "Sir  John  Retcliffe,"  the  pseudonym  of  Herman 
Goedsche,  a  German  novelist  with  an  unsavory  past.  To 
conceal  his  identity  and  to  convey  the  impression  that 
the  antisemitism  with  which  his  writings  abounded 
emanated  from  English  sources,  he  selected  "Sir  John 
Retcliffe"  as  his  pen-name. 

According  to  Meyer's  Konversations  Lexikon  (Sixth 
16 


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edition,  1904,  Volume  VIII,  page  77),  Herman  Goedsche 
was  born  in  February,  1815,  in  Trachenberg,  Silesia,  and 
died  on  November  8,  1878,  at  Warmbrunn.  He  was  em- 
ployed in  the  postal  service,  but  as  he  was  implicated  in 
the  Waldeck  forgery  case,  he  left  the  service  in  1849,  and 
devoted  himself  to  literary  work.  Under  the  name  of 
"Armin"  he  published  a  number  of  works  of  fiction,  but 
he  was  best  known  under  the  name  of  "Sir  John  Ret- 
cliffe,"  having  published  a  series  of  sensational  novels 
describing  the  Crimean  war,  "Sebastopol,"  "Rena-Sahib," 
"Villafranca,"  "Puebla,"  "Biarritz,"  in  1866.  A  new  edi- 
tion of  these  works  appeared  in  Berlin  in  1903-4. 

Brockhaus'  Konversations  Lexikon  (supplement  vol- 
ume XVII,  1904)  refers  to  Goedsche,  the  novelist,  known 
under  the  name  of  "Sir  John  Retcliffe"  (formerly 
"Armin"),  as  having  played  an  infamous  role  in  the 
Waldeck  forgery  case.  He  was  compelled  to  leave  the 
postal  service,  and  later  became  a  member  of  the  staff  of 
the  Preussische  Kreutz  Zeitung. 

The  chapter  of  the  Goedsche-Retcliffe  novel  which  on 
even  a  cursory  reading  will  be  found  to  contain  the  very 
essence  of  the  Nilus  Protocols  was  published  as  a  sepa- 
rate booklet  in  a  Russian  translation  in  1872,  avowedly 
as  a  work  of  fiction.  I  have  found  a  copy  of  this  little 
volume  in  the  Russian  Department  of  the  Library  of 
Congress,  Washington,  D.  C. 

An  examination  of  this  chapter,  entitled  "The  Jewish 
Cemetery  in  Prague  and  the  Council  of  Representatives 
of  the  Twelve  Tribes  of  Israel,"  will  disclose  the  fact 
that  every  substantive  statement  contained  in  the  Protocols 
and  elaborated  in  them  is  to  be  found  in  the  Goedsche- 
Retcliffe  novelette. 

We  are  thus  supplied  with  an  early  draft  of  the  so- 
called  Protocols,  which  have  now  been  given  worldwide 


18  THE  HISTORY  OF  A  LIE 

publicity  by  anti-Jewish  propagandists,  and  which  were 
first  introduced  to  the  world  in  the  form  of  a  clumsy 
piece  of  blood-curdling  fiction  of  the  dime-novel  variety. 
In  substantiation  of  this  statement  I  now  present  a 
translation  of  this  chapter  of  the  Russian  version  of  this 
novel  found  in  the  Library  of  Congress  in  Washington, 
published  in  St.  Petersburg  nearly  fifty  years  ago. 


THE  HISTORY  OF  A  LIE 


COBm  I1PEACTABHTEJIEN 


KOJI-BHTb 


THUG!1  ?A*IS  TOBAPE1HECTBA  «OBmECTBEHHAH  nOJTE>3A», 

DO  uofiss,  y  EpyriAio  PUSKA,-  }&  & 

1872; 


FACSIMILE  OF  TITLE  PAGE  OF  THE  FANTASTIC  STORY  PUBLISHED  IN 
RUSSIA  IN  1872,  CONTAINING  THE  FIRST  DRAFT  OF  THE  PROTOCOLS  IN 
THE  FORM  OF  FICTION. 


20  THE  HISTORY  OF  A  LIE 


Translation  of  Title  Page 
THE  JEWISH  CEMETERY  IN  PRAGUE 

And 

THE  COUNCIL  OF  REPRESENTATIVES 
Of  The  Twelve  Tribes  of  Israel 

ST.  PETERSBURG 

Printed  by  the  Association  "Obschestvenaya  Polza1 

On  the  Moika,  at  the  Round  Market,  No.  5 

1872 


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nPEJJHCJIOBIR 


Oiracame  espeffcKaro  Kja^ama  B-B  nparfc  H  Jieren- 
o  coSpama  npe^CTaBHTejeS  XB-BHafl- 
rfm  saHMCTBosaHEi  HS'B  HCTOPHEO-: 
ponana  Cepa  ^aona  Pe^Kia**a  <flfl  Ce- 
B  sypnaii,  H3AaBaeMOM%  HHKO- 
CrenaHOBHieirb  JltBOBHMt. 
Co^epsame  jereH,nBi  ne  ecTb  BHMHceit  oxnoro  Pe^t 
Pe^KJiH**^  C-B  CBOH cTBeHHOMt  eny  *aH- 
Boo^pasesieirB,  co^pa^t  ^acTH  B^  Offio 
H  OKpacnxB  BCC  noaTBraecKHMH  KpacKaMH,  nopa- 
CHTB,  ^pesM'fepHOK)  apKociiK),  HO 
He  nenie  npe^CTaBjaiommiH  imxepec'b. 


C.-HeT6p<5yprt,  17-ro  Ma»  18f72 


FACSIMILE  OK  THE  FOREWORD  TO  THE  STORY  PUBLISHED  IN  1872, 
SHOWING  THAT  THE  AUTHOR  REGARDED  IT  AS  A  "LEGENDARY  STORY," 
COLORED  BY  THE  AUTHOR'S  "FANTASTIC  IMAGINATION." 


THE  HISTORY  OF  A  LIE 
(Translation) 
FOREWORD 


"The  description  of  the  Jewish  cemetery  in  Prague  and 
the  legendary  story  of  the  meeting  of  the  representatives 
of  the  twelve  tribes  of  Israel  are  borrowed  from  the 
historico-political  novel  by  Sir  John  Radcliff,  'To  Sedan/ 
published  in  the  magazine  edited  by  Nicholas  Stepanovitch 
Lvoff. 

"The  contents  of  the  legend  are  not  the  invention  of 
Radcliff  himself;  rather  Radcliff,  with  his  characteristic 
fantastic  imagination,  collected  various  parts  into  one 
whole  and  painted  all  with  poetic  colors,  which  strike  one 
perhaps  by  their  excessive  gaudiness,  but  which  are  never- 
theless interesting." 


Passed  by  the  Censor,  St.  Petersburg,  May  17,  1872 

This  product  of  "Radcliff's  fantastic  imagination,"  the 
work  of  one  experienced  in  the  perpetration  of  forgeries, 
will  now  be  permitted  to  tell  its  own  story.  It  requires 
no  commentary.  It  clearly  foreshadows  the  protocols, 
with  all  its  accompaniment  of  melodrama,  not  even  omit- 
ting the  Devil,  himself. 

THE  JEWISH  CEMETERY  IN  PRAGUE 

and 
The  Council  of  Representatives  of  the  Twelve  Tribes  of  Israel 

"The  Jewish  quarter  of  Prague  represents  a  remarkable 
labyrinth  of  crooked  and  narrow  streets;  it  is  situated  in  the 
outskirts  of  Prague  which  witnessed  numerous  bloody  episodes 
of  Bohemian  and  German  history.  The  dwellers  of  the  dirty 
and  dilapidated  houses  of  this  quarter  are  engaged  in  petty 


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trading  and  profiteering  in  their  own  as  well  as  in  other  parts 
of  the  city.  Prague  is  the  only  city  in  Germany  where  the 
Jews  live  entirely  isolated  from  the  nation  whose  name  they 
have  taken  in  order  to  avail  themselves  of  the  privileges  of  the 
city  population  and  to  exploit  it  for  their  own  purposes.  The 
Jewish  quarter  in  Prague  is  the  same  as  the  rag- fair  in  Vienna 
and  the  Temple  in  Paris.  In  these  places  deals  amounting  to 
thousands  are  transacted  daily. 

"If  you  take  a  few  steps  along  this  dirty,  foul  market-place, 
you  will  suddenly  come  upon  an  old,  high,  decayed  wall  which 
surrounds  a  space  of  from  two  to  three  acres.  Elder-trees  and 
other  wild  shrubbery  wind  around  this  wall.  Old  Jewish  houses 
are  crowded  all  along  near  this  wall,  threatened  with  destruc- 
tion at  any  moment.  The  strange  circle  formed  by  this  wall 
has  an  unwelcome,  puzzling  appearance. 

"This  is  the  city  of  the  dead — the  renowned  Prague  cemetery. 

"In  this  abode  of  rest  may  be  seen  the  spirit  of  the  nation, 
whose  bones  found  shelter  here  after  long  wandering,— here  is 
stamped  all  its  history,  full  of  sufferings,  struggles  and  re- 
sistance. 

"It  seems  as  though  at  any  moment  these  tombs,  overgrown 
with  shrubbery,  are  ready  to  open,  these  stones  growing  for 
thousands  of  years  are  ready  to  raise  themselves,  and  to  let  out 
into  the  world  the  restless  wanderer  with  a  pack  upon  his 
shoulder,  with  a  staff  in  his  hand,  in  order  to  go  again  to 
strange  peoples, — to  cheat  and  combat  them  and  to  seek  a  new 
Canaan — his  dominion!  The  Jewish  cemetery  in  Prague  is  the 
very  oldest  cemetery  known.  It  was  closed  by  order  of  the 
government  a  hundred  years  ago.  For  foreigners  it  is  a 
historical  landmark;  for  the  Jews  it  is  a  sacred  place.  The 
impression  of  this  deserted  spot  is  intensified  by  its  surround- 
ings. Amidst  the  closely  crowded  tombs  and  monuments,  over- 
grown with  moss,  only  a  narrow  passage  remains  which  is  almost 
entirely  covered  with  shrubbery  of  thorn-bushes  and  mat-weed. 

"During  the  inspection,  the  watchman  will  tell  the  visitor  the 
history  of  the  death  of  Rabbi  Ben  Manasseh,  the  great  conqueror 
of  death,  and  Rabbi  Loewe,  the  most  learned  Rabbi  of  the  i7th 
century;  he  will  speak  of  Simon  the  Just  and  of  the  Polish 
princess  Anna  Shmiless.  He  will  then  lead  the  visitor  to  the 
monument  of  Anna  Kohn  on  which  can  be  read  the  mysterious 
figure  606,  which  shows  that  the  Jews,  more  than  twelve  hundred 


24  THE  HISTORY  OF  A  LIE 

years  ago,  had  buried  their  dead  here,  in  the  legendary  times  of 
Lyubush  and  her  daughters. 

"If  we  are  not  to  believe  this  figure,  we  must  nevertheless 
agree  with  the  opinion  of  the  Jews  that  this  is  the  oldest  settle- 
ment and  the  first  Jewish  community  in  Europe. 

"Silently  the  Jewish  guide  and  the  curious  foreigner  go  by 
one  place  where  under  an  old  lilac  bush  a  heap  of  stone  stands 
out,  and  when  the  foreigner  asks,  What  is  this?'  the  guide 
gives  an  evasive  answer 

'"Beth  Chaim — the  house  of  life/  Thus  is  the  cemetery 
called.  Yes,  indeed,  this  place  of  rest  is  a  house  of  life,  for 
from  here  is  given  the  mysterious  impulse  which  makes  the 
exiles  masters  of  the  earth  and  tyrants  of  nations, — the  impulse 
which  directs  the  golden  calf  to  the  chosen  tribe. 

"The  Jewish  town  has  assumed  a  holiday  aspect  The  stands 
of  the  petty  retailers  have  disappeared;  Jewish  boys  and  girls 
were  strolling  about  in  their  holiday  attire.  The  houses  and 
windows  were  adorned  with  green  branches.  On  the  old  benches 
sat  men,  talking  seriously;  in  the  alleys  youths  were  chatting. 
From  time  to  time  men  and  women  in  their  best  Sabbath  clothes 
were  going  to  the  synagogue,  carrying  prayer  books  in  their 
hands ;  while  poor  Christian  women  whom  need  had  forced 
to  work  in  this  quarter  were  running  with  keys  and  dishes  in 
order  to  prepare  for  the  feast. 

"It  was  the  last  day  of  the  Feast  of  Booths,  the  day  of 
Assembly,  and  dusk  was  gathering  over  the  narrow  streets, 
while  the  Christian  part  of  the  city  was  still  brightly  illumined 
by  the  last  rays  of  the  setting  sun.  tTwo  men  (the  older  wore 
a  black  silk  mantle,  with  long  earlocks,  which  showed  that  he 
was  a  Polish  Jew ;  the  other  was  middle  aged,  in  modern  clothes, 
with  diamond  studs  in  his  shirt  and  a  heavy  golden  chain  on 
his  vest)  walked  along  the  narrow  streets,  without  paying  any 
attention  to  the  crowd. 

"The  younger  seemed  to  be  the  guide.  Having  come  with  his 
companion  to  the  little  house  where  the  watchman  of  the  ceme- 
tery lived,  he  knocked  at  the  closed  door,  through  a  crevice  of 
which  the  bright  light  of  wax  candles  was  seen,  showing  the 
watchman's  holiday  mood.  It  was  a  good  summer — a  large 
number  of  foreigners  had  visited  the  cemetery  and  were  gen- 
erous in  their  gifts. 

"In  the  doorway  appeared  the  thin  face  of  the  watchman, 


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whose  short-sighted  eyes  began  to  look  fixedly  into  the  darkness. 

"  'Come  out  into  the  street,  Joel,  somebody  wants  to  talk  to 
you!' 

"  'O,  God  of  Justice,'  said  the  watchman  with  amazement,  as 
he  came  out  of  the  door, — 'One  of  the  trustees!  What  is  your 
pleasure  to  command  me?' 

"'This  Rabbi  desires  to  make  a  brief  prayer  in  the  cemetery; 
he  is  leaving  to-morrow  morning  by  train.' 

"'In  the  cemetery?  This  evening?  But  you  know  yourself, 
Mr.  Banker,  that  I  am  forbidden  to  open  the  gates  after  sunset, 
and  to-night  is  also  the  holy  Sabbath.' 

"  'First  of  all,  there  is  no  need  for  you  to  shout  here  about  my 
calling,'  replied  the  banker,  displeased.  'Every  Jewish  rag-picker 
will  know  that  banker  Rosenberg  was  here  to  see  you.  As  for 
the  permit  to  open  the  gates,  I  myself,  as  a  trustee,  authorize 
you  to  do  it  I  will  wait  here  until  he  has  completed  his  prayer. 
The  company  in  your  house  must  not  know  what  we  are  doing 
here.  Arrange  it  59  that  the  curious  crowd  will  not  rush  in 
there.' 

"The  watchman  disappeared  in  the  house,  but  soon  returned 
with  a  bunch  of  keys  and  opened  the  gates  of  the  cemetery. 
He  took  a  lantern  along  and  was  about  to  light  it 

"'Don't!'  said  the  Rabbi  in  a  low  voice.  'I  don't  need  any 
light.  Lock  the  gates  from  the  inside!' 

"'But,  Mr.  von  Rosenberg ' 

"'Lock  it,  I  say!' 

"The  watchman  obeyed. 

"  'Now  lead  me  to  the  grave  of  the  holy  Rabbi  Simeon-ben- 
Yehudah!' 

"  'Hold  on  to  my  coat,  esteemed  sir,'  said  the  watchman.  It 
is  dark  and  you  may  stumble  over  the  old  graves.' 

"'I  can  see  better  at  night  than  in  the  daytime,  my  son!' 
answerd  the  learned  Polish  Jew. 

"  *Here  is  the  grave !' 

"The  old  Rabbi  reverently  leaned  over  the  tombstone.  The 
watchman  heard  him  pronounce  a  prayer  in  Jewish.  He  used 
so  many  words  of  ancient  Hebrew,  or  some  other  words  of  a 
language  he  did  not  understand,  that  he  knew  only  a  few  sepa- 
rate expressions,  although  he  himself  had  been  in  the  past  a 
teacher  at  the  Bohemian  community. 

"Having  completed  his  prayer,  the  stranger  turned  to  the 
watchman  of  the  cemetery: 


26  THE  HISTORY  OF  A  LIE 

"  'When  you  accepted  the  position  from  your  predecessor,  did 
he  not  give  you  certain  instructions?' 

"'Me?' 

"  'Yes,  you !  It  was  so  from  the  day  the  first  person  was  buried 
in  this  place.' 

'"Well,  and  what  if  he  did  give  such  Instructions, — how 
does  that  concern  you?  This  is  the  first  time  I  am  asked  about 
this  matter  since  I  am  employed  here.' 

"'Because  this  happens  once  in  a  hundred  years,  and  human 
life  rarely  lasts  as  long  as  that' 

"'I  see  that  you  know  about  it,  Rabbi,'  said  the  frightened 
watchman.  'But  I  can  obey  you  only  if  you  mention  the  word 
which  was  given  to  me  by  my  predecessor,  because  I  took  a 
sacred  oath  on  the  Bible.' 

"The  Polish  Jew  bent  down  and  slowly  pronounced  a  word  of 
seven  syllables. 

"The  watchman  bowed  respectfully. 

"  *You  are  the  Rabbi !'  he  said.  'All  will  be  done  as  you  com- 
mand I' 

'"You  will  send  away  the  friends  who  are  feasting  in  your 
house  before  the  clock  strikes  eleven.  At  the  first  stroke  you 
will  open  the  gates  of  the  cemetery,  and  at  the  last  stroke  you 
will  get  into  your  house,  lock  the  doors  and  windows,  lie  down 
in  your  bed  and  turn  into  a  corpse  together  with  the  members 
of  your  household, — into  a  corpse  that  sees  and  hears  nothing.' 

"1  will  neither  look  nor  listen.' 

"The  angel  of  death  will  leave  your  soul  in  your  body  and 
will  force  you  to  wander  about  among  the  graves  to  the  end 
of  time  if  you  do  not  carry  out  my  orders  correctly.  Now  go, 
and  remember  that  by  virtue  of  your  position  you  are  the 
servant  of  the  great  Jerusalem  synagogue.  I  need  not  tell  you 
that  you  should  not  say  anything  to  that  vain,  worldly  man  who 
brought  me  here.' 

"Both  returned  to  the  gates,  near  which  the  banker  was  still 
on  guard. 

'"Well,'  he  said,  'your  desire  is  fulfilled,  Rabbi,  and  you  may 
inform  my  friend  in  Warsaw  that  Rosenberg  and  Son  are 
always  ready  to  do  a  favor  to  a  guest  recommended  by  such  a 
personage.  Now  let  us  go  home;  my  wife  is  waiting  for  us.' 

"  *Let  us  go,  my  son,'  replied  the  Rabbi.  'But  relieve  me  of 
worldly  pleasures,  I  shall  spend  the  night  in  prayer  1' 


THE  HISTORY  OF  A  LIE  27 

"The  banker  shrugged  his  shoulders  and  gave  the  watchman 
a  gold  coin. 

"  'Joel,'  he  said  in  a  low  voice,  'the  other  trustees  of  the  com- 
munity must  not  know  about  this  violation  of  the  rule.' 

"The  watchman  nodded,  and  the  companion  again  disappeared 
in  the  dark  streets,  which  had  already  become  deserted,  while 
in  the  houses  people  talked  merrily  and  the  sounds  of  holiday 
festivities  were  heard. 

"How  poor,  dirty  and  dark  these  little  houses  looked  from 
outside  I  But  it  was  quite  different  within !  In  the  rear  rooms 
of  many  of  these  houses  the  bright  light  of  numerous  wax  candles 
was  reflected  in  the  splendid  high  mirrors,  in  expensive  dishes 
and  precious  rugs.  Girls  and  women,  who  in  the  morning  per- 
haps walked  with  trays  in  their  hands,  now  were  seated  at  the 
tables  in  heavy  silk  gowns  with  golden  chains  and  bracelets; 
their  jewels  and  diamonds  were  glittering. 


"The  clock  in  the  town-hall  tower  struck  ten.  In  the  chapel, 
near  the  statue  of  St.  Nepomucenus,  upon  a  stone  bench,  sat  a 
large-sized  man,  with  the  pale  serious  face  of  Germanic  type. 
Every  physiognomist,  looking  at  him,  would  have  said  that  this 
man  had  devoted  his  youth  to  serious  scientific  work  and  that  he 
had  spent  many  sleepless  nights  over  books. 

"The  clock  had  just  struck  ten  when  upon  the  bridge  appeared 
a  man  in  a  light  summer  coat,  of  about  the  same  age  as  the 
young  scientist.  His  face  was  pale,  of  waxen  color,  without  the 
slightest  natural  red  in  his  cheeks;  his  particularly  prominent 
nose  indicated  his  Jewish  extraction;  his  forehead  was  high  and 
large,  his  head  was  strongly  developed.  He  walked  straight 
over  to  the  man  who  was  waiting  and  who  quickly  arose. 

'"Good  evening.  I  see  you  have  received  my  letter.  Have 
you  it  with  you?' 

"  "Yes,  I  know  it  by  heart,  I  have  read  it  so  many  times.  "My 
friend,"  it  is  written  there,  "I  have  promised  to  give  you  the 
key  to  the  Caballah,  if  I  ever  find  the  opportunity  to  do  so. 
Although  I  am  not  always  in  the  habit  of  fulfilling  my  vows,  I 
am  ready  to  fulfil  this  one,  if  you  will  wait  for  me  in  the 
evening  of  October  8,  in  Prague,  on  the  old  Moldau  bridge, 
under  the  statue  of  Nepomucenus,"  Then  follows  your  name.' 


28  THE  HISTORY  OF  A  LIE 

"  'Yes,  that  is  correct.  Have  you  not  yet  given  up  your  de- 
sire?' 

"'Less  than  ever  beforel  You  would  render  science  an  in- 
valuable service.' 

"  'Listen,  doctor,  bend  down  a  little  over  the  rail ;  that  of 
which  we  speak  must  not  be  heard  even  by  the  waves  of  the 
Moldau,  if  we  wish  to  remain  alive.' 

"The  young  scientist  looked  in  astonishment  at  his  comrade, 
but  did  as  he  desired. 

"'Three  years  ago,  in  Rome,  when  I  promised  to  acquaint 
you  with  the  mysteries  of  the  Caballah,  I  did  it  more  for  the 
sake  of  boasting  of  a  power  and  authority  which,  in  reality,  I 
did  not  possess.  Although  I  had  studied  for  some  time  the 
traditions  of  my  nation,  rather  out  of  curiosity  than  because  of 
the  love  of  knowledge,  I  knew  very  well  that  I  could  hardly 
penetrate  the  corridor  of  those  mysteries  which  I  am  still  re- 
garding as  the  sophistry  and  roguishness  of  exalted  minds,  in- 
vented for  the  purpose  of  holding  fools  in  fear  and  subordina- 
tion. But  several  accidental  discoveries,  made  by  me  since 
then,  have  changed  my  views  and  have  aroused  in  me  a  sense 
of  curiosity. 

'"You  know,  notwithstanding  our  brief  acquaintance,  that  I 
am  not  the  type  of  man  who  would  abandon  a  clue  or  a  con- 
ceived plan.  What  has  caused  me  to  make  you  my  companion 
in  satisfying  my  curiosity — that  does  not  concern  you.  It  is 
enough  that  now  we  have  an  opportunity  to  satisfy  our  mutual 
desire,  and  all  depends  on  whether  you  will  agree  to  accept 
the  conditions  upon  which  I  can  make  you  a  partner  in  my 
investigation.' 

"'If  these  are  not  against  honor  and  conscience.* 

"'In  this  respect  you  have  nothing  to  risk,  you  are  rather 
risking  something  else — your  life.  Do  you  feel  that  you  are 
capable  of  facing  a  serious  danger?' 

"  'For  the  sake  of  science,  yes  1' 

"*Very  well,  in  that  case  I  must  tell  you  that  I  will  lead  you 
to  a  place  which  we  will  not  leave  alive,  if  our  presence  is 
discovered.  The  slightest  suspicion  that  we  were  uninvited 
witnesses  of  the  secret  will  bring  upon  us  persecution  which  will 
kill  us  sooner  or  later.' 

"'You  are  whetting  my  curiosity,  signor!' 

"That  is  all  I  wanted  to  tell  you.     The  other  thing— you 


THE  HISTORY  OF  A  LIE  29 

know  that  I  am  a  Jew  by  birth.  Although  the  Jews  have  driven 
me  from  their  midst  and  cursed  me  according  to  their  custom 
and  traditions  because  I  adopted  Christianity, — still  I  have  my 
own  reasons  for  stipulating  a  condition — your  word  of  honor 
that  you  will  be  silent  about  all  you  will  see  and  hear,  until  I 
authorize  you  to  speak.' 

"  'I  swear  by  my  honor.' 

"'Very  well.  You  will  recall  in  your  investigations  of  the 
Caballah  that  in  the  mysterious  books  mention  is  made  of  a 
meeting  of  the  heads  or  chosen  ones  of  the  nation, — a  meeting 
which  takes  place  from  time  to  time?' 

"'Yes,  in  the  Yezire  it  is  said  very  definitely,  and  if  I  under- 
stood correctly,  such  meetings  take  place  every  hundred  years.' 

"'Yes.  The  last  meeting  took  place  in  1760  and  you  recall 
that  shortly  afterward  the  movement  of  Judaism  started.  It  is 
now  1787  years  since  the  destruction  of  Jerusalem  and  this  year  is 
designated  for  a  meeting  of  the  Cabalistic  Sanhedrin.  This  is 
the  day  of  the  meeting;  the  place  is  this  city.  I  want  to  be 
present  at  this  meeting  in  spite  of  the  danger  and  am  ready  to 
take  you  along  with  me.' 

"'But  will  it  not  be  dishonest  to  listen,  will  it  not  be  an  un- 
lawful interference  with  other  people's  secrets?' 

"'Per  Bacco!  as  we  Italians  say;  with  such  hesitations  you 
must  abandon  once  for  all  the  idea  of  fulfilling  your  desire.  Or 
do  you  think  that  the  people  who  guard  the  secret  of  the 
Caballah  will  bring  it  to  you  on  a  tray?  As  far  as  I  am  con- 
cerned, I  shall  discover  the  secret,  at  any  cost!' 

"After  reflecting  a  few  minutes,  the  scientist  came  to  a  de- 
cision. 

"'I  shall  go  with  you,  come  what  may!' 

"  'Very  well.  Now  we  have  agreed.  Let  us  go,— there  is  no 
time  to  lose.'" 


"The  tower  clock  of  the  town-hall  struck  eleven.  At  the  first 
stroke  a  key  clicked  in  the  lock  of  the  cemetery  gates.  Then 
followed  profound  silence  which  indicated  that  the  cemetery 
was  open.  The  lights  in  the  Jewish  houses  were  gradually 
dying  out,  and  at  the  same  time  the  sounds  of  the  merry  feast- 
ing also  subsided. 

"Mysterious  silence  reigned  in  that  terrible  place. 


30  THE  HISTORY  OF  A  LIE 

"The  gates  creaked  softly;  the  rustling  of  long  coats  was 
heard,  touching  the  stones  and  shrubbery;  finally  a  vague  white 
figure  appeared  and  slipped  by  like  a  shadow  along  the  path- 
ways. 

"This  figure  knelt  before  one  of  the  tombstones;  three  times 
it  touched  the  stone  with  its  forehead  and  softly  whispered  a 
prayer. 

"Along  the  path  leading  from  the  gates  came  an  old  man, 
bent,  limping,  sighing  and  coughing.  He  came  over  to  the 
ancient  tombstone,  and  lowered  himself  on  his  knees  near  the 
white  figure  that  had  entered  before  him,  and  he,  too,  whispered 
a  prayer. 

"Then  heavy  footsteps  were  heard,  and  a  tall,  impressive  figure 
appeared  on  the  road,  clad  in  a  white  mantle,  and  he,  too, 
fell  down  on  his  knees,  as  though  unwillingly,  in  front  of  the 
tombstone. 

"Thirteen  times  this  was  repeated.  Thirteen  old  men  came 
over  to  the  tombstone.  The  doctor  counted  them,  but  he  could 
not  understand  whether  they  were  alive  or  dead.  A  shiver 
crept  down  his  back,  his  heart  began  to  beat  faster  from  fright. 
He  involuntarily  recalled  the  terrible  legend  of  the  Day  of 
Atonement  in  the  tenth  month,  Tishri,  in  the  synagogue  of 
Posen  when,  during  the  prayer  of  Kol  Nidrei,  the  congregation 
kept  growing  larger  and  larger;  unknown  people,  pushing  one 
another,  wrapped  in  prayer  shawls,  came  in,  one  hundred  after 
another,  until  the  terrified  Rabbi  lifted  his  hand  as  if 
to  curse  and  exclaimed :  *He  who  has  flesh  in  his  cheeks, 
let  him  throw  off  the  prayer  shawl!'  Hundreds  remained  cov- 
ered, and  when  the  prayer  shawls  were  torn  away  from  them, 
all  saw  the  skulls  of  the  dead  who  had  come  out  of  the  graves 
to  celebrate  the  Day  of  Atonement  with  the  rest  of  the  congre- 
gation. 

"As  there,  it  seemed  to  him  that  the  prayer  shawls  had  fallen 
off  the  heads  of  the  praying  old  men,  and  a  row  of  dead  skulls 
appeared.  At  that  moment  the  clock  struck  twelve.  A  sharp 
metallic  sound  rang  out  on  the  grave,  after  which  a  blue  flame 
appeared  and  illumined  the  thirteen  kneeling  figures. 

"  'I  greet  you,  Roshe  beth  Aboth  (heads)  of  the  twelve  tribes 
of  Israel,'  announced  a  dull  voice. 

'"We  greet  you,  son  of  the  accursed.' 

"'A  hundred  years  have  already  passed.  Where  have  the 
Nesiyim  (princds  of  the  tribes)  come  from?' 

\ 


THE  HISTORY  OF  A  LIE  31 

'"From  the  lands  where  the  nation  of  Adonai  has  been  scat- 
tered by  the  orders  of  our  forefathers.' 

"  'Are  you  ready  to  fulfil  the  promise  during  the  coming  cen- 
tury?' 

'"We  are  ready!' 

'"Then  say,  whose  representatives  are  you,  and  where  do  you 
come  from?  Tribe  of  Judah?' 

'"From  Amsterdam,'  replied  a  strong,  loud  voice. 

'"Tribe  of  Benjamin?' 

"  'Toledo !'  came  the  dull  answer. 

"'Tribe  of  Levi?' 

"  Worms !' 

"Tribe  of  Manasseh?' 

"  'Budapest  I' 

"Tribe  of  Gad?' 

"  'Cracow !' 

"Tribe  of  Simeon?' 

"  'Rome !' 

"  Tribe  of  Zebulun?' 

"  'Paris  P 

"Tribe  of  Dan?' 

"  'Constaninople  1' 

"  Tribe  of  Asher?' 

"  'London !' 

"  Tribe  of  Issachar?' 

"The  answer  came  in  a  faint  voice  and  could  not  be  heard  dis- 
tinctly. 

"Tribe  of  Naphtali?' 

"'Prague!' 

"'And  I  am  the  representative  of  the  unfortunate  and  exiles,' 
said  the  man  who  asked  the  questions  in  a  dull  voice.  'I  am  my- 
self wandering  about  all  over  the  world  in  order  that  I  may  unite 
you  for  the  sake  of  the  cause  of  redemption  which  has  been 
promised  to  the  seed  of  Abraham  and  which  was  taken  from 
them  by  the  sons  of  him  who  was  crucified!  Who  is  here  of 
the  house  of  Aaron,  let  him  rise,  scrutinize  the  heads  of  the 
tribes  and  gather  the  council.' 

"The  man  who  was  the  first  to  arrive  rose  and  then  seated 
himself  upon  the  tombstone.  One  by  one  the  others  came  over 
to  him  and  whispered  in  his  ear  a  seven-syllabled  word,  and 
each  time  he  nodded  in  approval.  After  that  all  returned  to 


32  THE  HISTORY  OF  A  LIE 

their  former  places.  'Brethren,'  said  the  Levite,  'our  fathers 
formed  a  union  which  compels  all  those  chosen  as  representatives 
of  the  tribes  to  gather  every  hundred  years  at  the  grave  of  the 
great  teacher  of  Caballah  whose  doctrines  give  the  chosen  ones 
power  on  earth  and  supremacy  over  all  the  descendants  of 
Ishmael.  Eighteen  hundred  years  the  struggle  has  been  con- 
ducted by  the  nation  of  Israel  for  supremacy  which  was  prom- 
ised to  Abraham  and  which  was  taken  away  from  us  by  the 
Cross.  Trampled  under  foot  by  our  enemies,  under  the  terror 
of  death  and  all  kinds  of  humiliation  and  violence,  the  nation 
of  Israel,  nevertheless,  has  not  abandoned  this  struggle,  and  as 
they  are  scattered  all  over  the  earth,  the  whole  earth  must  be- 
long to  them !  Our  learned  men  are  conducting  this  struggle  for 
hundreds  of  years ;  the  nation  is  gradually  rising  from  its  fall ; 
its  power  is  growing  and  spreading.  To  us  belongs  the  earthly 
god,  which  was  made  for  us  with  such  sorrow  by  Aaron  in  the 
desert  ...  the  Golden  Calf  which  the  backsliders  are  wor- 
shipping !' 

"  We  hear !'  they  whispered  on  all  sides. 

"  'When  all  the  gold  on  earth  will  be  ours,  the  power  will  go 
over  to  us.  Then  will  be  fulfilled  the  promise  made  to  Abraham. 
Gold  is  the  ruler  of  the  earth.  Gold  is  power,  reward,  pleasure 
...  all  that  human  beings  fear  and  desire.  This  is  the  mys- 
tery of  the  Caballa  ...  the  teachings  concerning  the  spirit 
which  rules  the  world,  and  about  the  future !  Eighteen  centuries 
we  have  belonged  to  our  enemies.  The  future  belongs  to  us.  For 
the  fifth  time  in  the  course  of  the  thousand-year-old  struggle  to 
which  we  have  consecrated  ourselves,  those  who  know  of  the  ex- 
istence of  the  secret  union  have  gathered  here  to  take  counsel 
as  to  the  means  which  are  afforded  us  by  the  sins  of  our 
enemies,  and  each  time,  for  five  hundreds  years,  a  new  Sanhed- 
rim, ordered  the  fiercest  struggle.  But,  excepting  Russia,  not  a 
single  century  has  been  crowned  with  such  success  as  this  one. 
Therefore  we  may  think  that  the  time  for  which  we  are  striving 
is  near,  and  we  may  say,  "The.  Future  is  ours  1" ' 

"'Yes,  if  persecutions  against  the  Jews  will  not  take  place  in 
the  meantime !'  pointed  out  one  of  the  men  with  a  bitter  smile. 

"  'The  dark  days  of  such  a  danger  are  passed.  The  success 
of  so-called  civilization  among  the  Christian  nations  may  serve 
as  the  best  protection  for  our  endeavors.  Before  listening  to  the 


THE  HISTORY  OF  A  LIE  33 

individual  opinions,  let  us  examine  the  material  means,  the  pure 
capital  possessed  by  the  nation  of  Israel.  .  .  .' 

"  'But  against  the  three  and  a  half  million  Jews  with  their 
money  there  are  265  million  enemies  in  Europe,  or  rather  500 
million  fists,'  remarked  one  of  these  present. 

"  'The  head  will  protect  us  against  the  fists,  as  in  the  past. 
Labor  is  the  slave  of  speculation,  and  violence  is  the  slave  of 
wisdom.  Who  will  deny  that  cunning  is  the  distinctive  trait 
of  our  nation? 

"  Our  nation  is  ostentatious  and  greedy,  arrogant  and  pleasure- 
loving. 

"  'Where  there  is  light  there  is  also  shadow.  It  is  not  in  vain 
that  Adonai  our  God  gave  his  chosen  people  the  tenacity  of  a 
snake,  the  cunning  of  a  fox,  the  look  of  a  falcon,  the  memory 
of  a  dog,  the  diligence  of  an  ant,  and  the  sociability  of  a  beaver. 
We  were  in  captivity  on  the  rivers  of  Babylon,  and  have  become 
powerful !  Our  temple  was  destroyed,  but  we  have  built  a 
thousand  new  temples !  For  eighteen  hundreds  years  we  were 
slaves ;  now  we  have  grown  head  and  shoulders  above  all  other 
nations.' 

"All  the  twelve  pronounced  the  concluding  words 

"  'Brethren,'  said  the  Levite,  'the  time  has  come  when,  in  ac- 
cordance with  the  laws  of  the  founder  of  our  union,  we  must 
determine  ways  and  means  by  which  the  Jews  shall  attain  their 
goal  as  soon  as  possible ;  our  experience  of  a  hundred  years  will 
help  us  in  this.  We  who  know  must  direct  and  guide  the  masses 
which  are  blind.  We,  the  builders,  will  combine  the  dead  stones 
into  a  pillar  which  must  reach  the  sky.' 

"'The  Tower  of  Babel  was  destroyed  by  the  hand  of  Him 
whose  name  I  dare  not  pronounce,'  said  the  sceptic. 

"  'Our  structure  rests  upon  the  foundation  of  the  promise 
made  to  Abraham.  It  is  your  turn  to  speak,  representative  of 
the  tribe  of  Reuben!  By  what  means  will  the  Jewish  nation 
achieve  power  and  supremacy  over  all  other  nations  on  earth?' 

"A  shrill,  unpleasant  voice  then  spoke: 

"  'All  the  princes  and  the  lands  of  Europe  are  at  present  in 
debt.  The  stock  exchange  regulates  these  debts.  But  such  things 
are  done  only  by  movable  capital;  therefore  all  the  movable 
capital  must  go  over  to  the  hands  of  the  Jews.  The  foundation 
for  this  is  already  laid,  judging  from  what  we  have  heard  here. 
If  we  will  be  supreme  in  the  stock  exchange,  we  will  attain  the 


34  THE  HISTORY  OF  A  LIE 

same  supremacy  in  the  governments.  Therefore  it  is  necessary 
to  facilitate  loans  in  order  to  get  them  into  our  hands  all  the 
more.  Wherever  possible,  we  must  take  in  exchange  for  capital, 
mortgages  on  railroads,  taxes,  mines,  regalia  and  domains.  Fur- 
thermore, the  stock  exchange  is  a  means  for  the  transfer  of  the 
belongings  of  the  small  people  to  the  hands  of  the  capitalists, 
by  drawing  them  into  stock  gambling.  Transactions  in  securities 
are  a  splendid  invention  of  our  nation.  Although  the  stock  ex- 
change members  cheat  one  another  sometimes,  it  is  the  outsider 
who  always  pays  in  the  end.' 

"The  voice  which  resounded  on  the  Paris  Bourse  became 
silent. 

"'Do  the  sekenim  agree  with  the  opinion  of  our  brother?' 
asked  the  Levite. 

"A  whisper  of  approbation  was  the  answer  to  this  question. 

"  'Representative  of  the  tribe  of  Simeon,  it  is  your  turn  now  I' 

"A  serious,  dull  voice  resounded  after  this  order.  Each  word 
was  pronounced  slowly  and  thoughtfully: 

"  'Ownership  of  land  is  always  the  iron-clad,  everlasting  pos- 
session of  every  country.  This  in  itself  gives  power,  respect  and 
influence.  Therefore,  the  Jews  should  secure  the  possibility  of 
acquiring  real  estate.  It  will  not  be  hard  to  accomplish  this, 
if  we  acquire  movable  capital.  Therefore  it  is  necessary  to 
facilitate  loans  on  land.  Under  the  fear  of  scandal  we  will 
destroy  land  wealth  and  minimize  its  importance.  Ownership 
of  land  should  be  mobilized,  if  lands  are  sold  as  other  com- 
modities. The  more  we  help  in  the  breaking  up  of  estates, 
the  more  easily  will  they  fall  into  our  hands.  Under  the  pretext 
of  relieving  the  poor  classes,  it  is  necessary  to  levy  all  taxes  of 
states  and  communities  on  the  land  owners.  When  the  land  is  in 
our  hands,  the  labor  of  the  Christian  workers  and  farmers  will 
give  us  a  tenfold  income/ 

"He  who  did  not  belong  to  any  tribe  laughed  sneeringly. 

"This  advice  is  good,  but  not  new.  Ask  in  Paris  and  in 
Vienna,  who  owns  the  houses  there?' 

"A  whisper  of  approbation  was  heard  again. 

"'Tribe  of  Judah,  your  turn!' 

"The  voice  that  resounded  was  marked  with  conviction  and 
reminded  one  of  the  sound  of  the  Thaller. 

"  'Industry,  the  power  of  the  burgher,  which  hinders  the  Jewish 
nation,  must  be  paralyzed  even  as  agriculture.  The  manufac- 


THE  HISTORY  OF  A  LIE  35 

turer  should  be  no  better  than  an  ordinary  worker.  The  means 
to  accomplish  this  may  be  the  unlimited  freedom  of  trade.  The 
manufacturer  will  take  the  place  of  the  artisan  as  he  does  not 
have  to  work,  only  to  speculate.  The  children  of  Israel  can  adapt 
themselves  to  all  branches  of  work.  Their  capital  and  dexterity 
will  be  the  substitute  for  right.  Transforming  the  artisans  into 
our  factory  workers,  we  will  be  in  a  position  to  direct  the  masses 
for  our  political  purposes.  Whoever  resists  this  system  will  be 
destroyed  by  competition.  The  senseless  and  ungrateful  masses 
will  not  support  the  artisans  in  this  struggle,  if  commodities 
are  reduced  in  price  to  a  certain  extent. 

"A  noisy  approbation  of  the  new  Sanhedrin  showed  that  the 
soundness  of  this  advice  had  long  been  appreciated  and  even  ap- 
plied in  practice. 

"  'Now  it  is  my  turn,'  said  the  representative  of  Levi — 1  speak 
in  the  name  of  the  tribe  of  Aaron.  The  natural  enemy  of  the 
Jews  is  the  Christian  church.  Therefore  we  must  try  to  hu- 
miliate it,  we  must  instill  into  it  free-thinking,  scepticsm,  and 
conflicts.  Therefore  we  will,  first  of  all,  start  a  war  on  the  clergy, 
we  will  try  to  arouse  suspicion  against  it  and  ridicule  it.  The 
main  pillar  of  the  church  is  the  school.  Therefore  we  must 
gain  influence  over  the  young.  Under  the  guise  of  progress  and 
the  equal  rights  of  all  religions,  we  will  destroy  the  study  of 
religion  in  Christian  schools.  Then  the  Jews  may  become 
teachers  in  all  schools ;  then  religion  will  be  taught  at  home. 
And  as  there  is  little  time  left  for  that,  the  spirit  of  religion 
will  gradually  decline,  and  eventually  it  will  be  destroyed  alto- 
gether. Agitation  for  the  appropriation  of  property  belonging 
to  the  churches  and  schools,  the  transfer  of  church  property  to 
the  state,  or  (what  is  the  same)  into  the  hands  of  the  Jews, 
will  be  our  reward !' 

"Again  approbation  followed  the  words  of  the  man  who  had 
spoken.  Nobody  contradicted  him  and  he  announced: 

"  'Representative  of  the  tribe  of  Isaachar,  it  is  your  turn !' 

"Now  an  old,  trembling  voice  spoke: 

"'Let  our  brethren  strive  for  the  abolition  of  armed  force. 
The  coarse  military  art  is  not  for  the  sons  of  Israel.  Not  every- 
one can  be  a  Gideon !  The  army  is  for  the  defense  of  the  throne 
and  the  school  of  narrow  patriotism..  Not  the  sword,  but  reason 
and  money  must  rule.  Therefore  at  every  opportune  instance, 
it  is  necesaary  to  help  the  downfall  of  the  military  class,  to  arouse 


36  THE  HISTORY  OF  A  LIE 

suspicion  in  the  masses  against  it,  and  to  incite  animosity  against 
one  another.  It  is  enough  for  the  soldiers  to  do  police  duty  and 
to  protect  the  wealthy  from  those  who  have  nothing.' 

"  The  Lion  of  Judah  has  spoken,'  said  the  stranger  angrily. 
'David  conquered  Goliath.  The  nations  will  soon  wear  long 
coats  instead  of  military  armour.  A  slap  on  the  bourse  will 
be  equivalent  to  a  lost  battle.' 

"It  looked  as  though  a  storm  was  rising  against  this  arrogant 
sarcasm,  but  one  word  from  the  eldest  restored  them  all  to  calm. 

"'This  is  the  son  of  Baall  He  may  say  whatever  he  pleases. 
But  he  will  do  whatever  is  decided  by  the  council  of  the 
tribes.' 

"'The  tribe  of  Zebulun  may  speak  1' 

"A  dull  voice,  like  a  storm  in  the  distance,  said  as  follows! 

"  'Our  nation  is  conservative  to  its  very  root,  and  clings  fast 
to  what  is  old.  But  our  interest  demands  that  we  participate,  or, 
rather,  direct  the  movements  of  nations.  It  is  indisputable  that 
ours  is  a  time  of  many  reforms,  whose  main  purpose  is  the 
amelioration  of  the  material  condition  of  the  needy  classes.  But 
for  this  the  propertied  classes  must  sacrifice  their  capitals.  Cap- 
ital is  in  the  hands  of  the  Jews.  Therefore  they  must  outwardly 
take  part  in  the  movement  and  try  to  divert  it  from  social  and 
political  reforms.  The  masses  themselves  are  blind  and  foolish, 
and  permit  the  shouters  to  rule  over  them.  Who  shouts  more 
loudly  and  more  shrewdly  than  the  Jews?  Therefore  our  nation 
has  been  the  first  on  the  platform,  in  the  press,  and  in  all  Chris- 
tian communities  \  The  more  communities  and  meetings,  the  more 
dissatisfaction  and  idleness.  From  this  it  follows  inevitably  that 
the  people  grow  poorer,  that  they  become  subjected  to  those 
who  have  money,  leading  to  the  enrichment  of  the  latter.  Be- 
sides, every  movement  makes  us  richer,  for  the  smaller  people 
are  ruined  and  are  contracting  debts.  The  unstability  of  the 
foundation  increases  our  power  and  our  influence.  Therefore 
the  support  of  every  kind  of  dissatisfaction,  every  revolution, 
increases  our  capital  and  brings  us  nearer  to  our  goal.' 

"This  terrible  speech  was  followed  by  prolonged  silence.  Every 
member  of  this  secret  Sanhedrim  seemed  to  be  thinking  of  its 
terrible  meaning.  The  son  of  Baal  again  laughed  hoarsely. 

"'Are  you  afraid  of  blood?    It  isn't  yours.' 

"Then  one  member  of  the  gathering  expressed  his  approval, 
and  all  others  followed  his  example. 


THE  HISTORY  OF  A  LIE  tf 

'"Son  of  the  tribe  of  Dan,  your  turn!' 
"The  answer  bore  the  stamp  of  a  Jew  of  the  lower  order : 
'"Every  business  in  which  there  is  speculation  and  profit  must 
be  in  our  hands.  That  is  our  natural  right.  First  of  all,  we 
must  get  control  of  the  traffic  in  liquor,  butter,  wool,  and  bread. 
Then  we  shall  have  in  our  hands  agriculture,  farming.  We  can 
prepare  bread  everywhere,  and  if  dissatisfaction  and  want  should 
arise,  we  can  easily  throw  the  blame  on  the  government.  Petty 
wares,  which  give  a  great  deal  of  trouble  and  yield  very  little 
profit,  we  can  leave  in  the  hands  of  the  Christians.  Let  them 
work  hard  and  suffer  as  the  chosen  people  suffered  for  several 
centuries.' 

"This   speech   scarcely  needed   approval.     The  Levite  called 
on  the  next  one. 
'"Tribe  of  Naphtali?' 

"The  following  words  rang  out  shrilly  and  with  assurance: 
"'All  governmental  positions  should  be  open  to  us.  Once 
this  principle  is  established,  the  cunning  and  flattery  of 
the  Jewish  employees  will  help  them  to  penetrate  even  there, 
and  they  will  have  real  influence.  I  am  speaking  only  of  the 
posts  which  bring  honor,  power,  and  pre-eminence.  Positions 
which  require  work  and  knowledge  may  remain  for  the  Chris- 
tians. Therefore  the  Jews  may  neglect  positions  of  secondary 
importance.  Justice  is  very  important  for  us,  the  law  is  a 
great  step  forward.  This  occupation  is  suited  to  the  cunning 
and  skill  of  our  people  and  gives  us  influence  and  power  against 
our  natural  enemies.  Why  can't  a  Jew  be  Minister  of  Education 
as  he  has  already  been  more  than  once  Minister  of  Finance?' 

"  'Remember  the  scaffold  of  Haman,  the  fate  of  Shushan  and 
Leopold!'  said  a  warning  voice. 

"  "Why  does  the  raven  croak  about  the  past  which  is  so  distant 
and  almost  forgotten?  More  than  one  of  our  people  has  been  a 
Minister  in  France  and  respected  by  the  King  himself.' 

"Approval  was  expressed  in  a  tone  of  satisfied  pride;  then 
the  orator  continued: 

'"Our  people  must  be  among  the  legislators  of  the  govern- 
ments. The  laws  of  the  goyim  against  the  children  of  Israel 
must  be  abolished.  We  will  maintain  the  laws  of  our  Fathers. 
We  need  no  longer  any  laws  that  would  protect  us.  No.  We 
must  concern  ourselves  about  laws  that  will  give  us  privileges. 
A  mild  law  respecting  bankruptcy,  promulgated  in  the  interests  of 


38  THE  HISTORY  OF  A  LIE 

humanity,  would  be  a  golden  mountain  in  our  hands.  First  of 
all  we  must  see  to  it  that  the  law  regarding  usury  is  abolished 
in  all  countries  under  the  pretext  that  money  would  thereby  be- 
come cheaper.  Money  is  just  such  a  commodity  as  others,  and 
the  law  should  give  us  the  right  to  regulate  its  price  according 
to  our  desire.' 

"'Now  is  the  turn  for  the  tribe  of  Benjamin.' 

'"What  can  I  add  to  the  counsel  of  such  wise  men?  The 
Jew  should  also  make  use  of  honors,  and  should  be  at  the  head 
of  all  organizations  that  may  give  him  honor  without  risks,  and 
he  should  engage  in  science  and  the  arts  which  are  more  adapted 
te  the  character  of  our  people  and  which  we  can  master  more 
easily.  We  can  become  good  actors  and  philosophers,  because 
there  is  room  for  speculation  in  these  domains.  In  the  arts  our 
people  will  look  after  the  reception  and  will  burn  incense  to 
ourselves.  In  science  we  will  take  up  medicine  and  philosophy. 
These  afford  opportunities  for  theories  and  speculation.  A 
physician  penetrates  the  secrets  of  families  and  holds  their  lives 
in  his  hands.' 

"Tribe  of  Asher,  your  turn!' 

"  We  must  demand  free  marriage  between  Jews  and  Chris- 
tians. Israel  will  only  be  the  gainer,  even  though  there  be 
an  admixture  of  impure  blood  to  a  certain  degree.  Our  sons 
and  daughters  will  marry  into  renowned  and  powerful  Christian 
families.  We  give  money  and  thus  have  influence.  The  Chris- 
tian relationship  cannot  have  a  bad  influence  on  us,  while  we  can 
exert  a  strong  influence  over  them.  That  is  one  thing.  An- 
other thing  is  that  we  respect  the  Jewish  woman  and  we  enjoy 
the  forbidden  pleasure  with  the  women  of  our  enemies.  We  have 
money,  and  for  money  we  can  get  everything.  A  Jew  must 
never  make  a  daughter  of  his  own  race  his  mistress.  If  he 
should  desire  to  sin  against  the  Seventh  Commandment  he 
should  content  himself  with  Christian  girls.' 

"'What  is  the  use  of  employing  the  beautiful  girls  of  the 
goyim  in  our  stores  if  not  for  this?'  angrily  interposed  the  rep- 
resentative of  the  evil  spirit.  'Whoever  will  not  want  to  satisfy 
our  desire  will  get  no  work,  consequently  no  bread.  Go  to  the 
large  cities  and  you  will  see  that  they  are  not  waiting  for  your 
wise  men's  orders.  Substitute  a  contract  for  sacrament  in  the 
marriage  of  Christians  and  their  wives  and  daughters  will  come 
to  you  still  more  readily.' 


THE  HISTORY  OF  A  LIE  39 

"The  terrible  cynicism  of  these  words,  touching  such  a  deli- 
cate subject,  must  have  produced  a  profound  impression,  espe- 
cially since  the  views  of  the  ancient  doctrines  were  so  strict  on 
the  topic  of  moral  purity. 

"'What  does  the  law  say?'  asked  one  of  the  twelve. 
"'For  adultery  with  a  woman  of  our  own  people— death ;  for 
seducing  a  girl— a  fine,  if  she  was  not  betrothed;  if  she  was 
betrothed — death.     But  the  law  is  not  so  rigorous  with  regard 
to  one  who  lives  with  a  slave — her  body  belongs  to  her  master.' 
"'Are  the  goyim  better  than  our  slaves?' 
"This  explanation  was  followed  by  a  whisper  of  approval. 
"  The  tribe  of  Manasseh  may  speak  now !' 
"The  last  of  the  orators  lifted  his  hand  and  during  his  speech 
he  raised  and  lowered  it,  as  if  desiring  thus  to  make  a  stronger 
impression  by  his  words.    His  voice  was  hoarse  and  unpleasant, 
but  he  spoke  skilfully  and  with  assurance. 

"'If  gold  is  the  first  power  in  the  world,  the  press  is  the| 
second.  Of  what  value  are  all  the  opinions  and  advice  given  here 
without  the  aid  of  the  press  ?  We  will  attain  our  aim  only  when ' 
the  press  is  in  our  hands.  Our  people  must  direct  the  daily 
publications.  We  are  cunning,  shrewd,  and  we  possess  money 
which  we  know  how  to  utilize  for  our  purposes.  We  need  great 
political  newspapers  which  mold  public  opinion — criticism,  the 
literature  of  the  streets  and  the  stage.  In  this  way  we  will  crowd 
out  the  Christians  step  by  step,  and  will  dictate  to  the  world 
what  it  should  believe  in,  what  it  should  respect,  and  what  it 
should  curse.  We  will  repeat  the  sorrowful  cry  of  Israel  and 
the  complaints  against  the  persecutions  which  are  directed  against 
us.  Then,  even  though  each  individual  may  be  against  us,  the 
masses,  in  their  stupidity,  will  always  be  for  us.  With  the  press 
in  our  hands,  we  can  turn  wrong  into  right,  dishonesty  into  hon- 
esty. We  can  shake  all  foundations,  and  separate  families.  We 
can  destroy  faith  in  all  that  our  enemies,  until  now,  have  believed. 
We  can  ruin  credits  and  arouse  passions.  We  can  declare  war; 
we  can  award  fame  or  disgrace.  We  can  uplift  or  ruin  talent 

'"When  Israel  shall  have  gold  and  the  press  in  his  hands, 
we  will  be  able  to  ask:  "On  what  day  will  it  please  you  to  put 
on  Atarah  (crown)  which  belongs  to  us  by  right,  to  erect 
Shisse  (?)  and  extend  the  Shebet  (sceptre)  over  the  nations  of 
the  earth?"' 
"A  noisy  greeting  followed  these  words  and  the  agitated  men 


40  THE  HISTORY  OF  A  LIE 

who  listened  hardly  understood  for  some  time  what  was  being 
said  at  the  meeting.  At  last  the  voice  of  the  Levite  called  upon 
all  to  be  silent. 

"'The  Roshe-Bate-Aboth  of  the  twelve  tribes  have  uttered 
words  of  wisdom.  These  words  will  be  as  pillars  for  the  times 
to  come,  if  the  son  of  him  "who  has  not  rest"  will  write  these 
words  upon  his  memory  and  spread  the  seeds  among  the  nation 
of  Israel  in  order  that  it  may  grow  to  be  a  mighty  tree.  They 
will  be  the  sword  with  which  Israel  will  strike  down  his  enemies. 
Our  posterity  must  share  among  themselves  happiness,  wealth 
and  power  as  it  shared  misfortune  and  dangers.  They  must 
help  one  another.  Wherever  one  of  them  places  his  foot,  he 
must  drag  another — his  brother — along  with  him.  If  one 
of  them  is  unfortunate,  others  must  help  him,  if  he  but  lives 
according  to  the  law  of  our  nation. 

"  *He  who  was  in  prison  for  ten  years,  may  become  a  rich 
man  to  whom  princes  will  bow,  if  only  our  people  will  not  for- 
sake him.  Where  everybody  is  against  us,  all  will  be  for  us. 
After  forty  years  of  wandering  in  the  desert,  the  hand  of  Jehovah 
brought  us  to  power  in  the  land  of  Canaan;  the  same  hand  will 
lead  us  after  forty-five  times  forty  years  from  our  misfortune 
and  miseries  to  rule  over  lands  which  are  forty-five  times  vaster 
than  Canaan.  If  Israel  shall  obey  the  decision  here  adopted  by 
the  Sanhedrin  of  the  Caballah,  our  grandchildren,  coming  a 
hundred  years  hence  to  the  grave  of  the  founder  of  our  union, 
will  announce  to  him  that  they  have  indeed  become  the  princes 
of  the  world  and  that  the  promise  made  to  the  nation  of  Israel 
has  been  fulfilled.  Other  nations  will  become  his  slaves !  Renew 
our  oath,  sons  of  the  golden  calf,  and  go  to  all  lands  of  the 
world/ 

"The  blue  flame  flared  up  brightly  upon  the  grave  of  the 
Rabbi ;  each  of  the  thirteen  threw  upon  the  tomb  a  stone  which 
each  carried  under  his  cloak. 

"It  seemed  to  the  doctor  that  on  the  top  of  the  tombstone, 
in  the  bluish  flame,  there  appeared  a  monstrous  golden  figure 
of  an  animal. 

"Then  he  heard  the  same  metallic  sound  that  he  had  heard 
when  the  light  first  appeared.  Then  impenetrable  darkness  cov- 
ered the  cemetery. 

"The  white  figures  again  slipped  by  among  the  tombstones, 
The  gates  creaked  softly, 


THE  HISTORY  OF  A  LlS  41 

"The  clock  in  the  tower  struck  two  past  midnight.  The  last  of 
the  mysterious  visitors  knocked  at  the  window  and  a  hoarse 
voice  said  (as  though  the  speaker  knew  that  the  watchman  was 
not  asleep)  : 

"  'Close  the  house  of  life,  watchman  of  those  who  are  awaiting 
the  resurrection,  and  may  your  lips  be  sealed  with  the  seal  of 
Solomon  for  a  hundred  years/ 

"The  scholar  still  lay  motionless;  he  was  afraid  to  stir;  all 
he  had  heard  had  made  upon  him  such  a  dreadful  impression. 
"A  noise  near  him  indicated  that  his  companion  was  rising. 
"To  concentrate  in  their  hands  all  the  capital  of  the  nations 
of  all  lands ;  to  secure  possession  of  all  the  land,  railroads,  mines, 
houses;  to  be  at  the  head  of  all  organizations,  to  occupy  the 
highest  governmental  posts,  to  paralyze  commerce  and  industry 
everywhere,  to  seize  the  press,  to  direct  legislation,  public  opin- 
ion and  national  movements — and  all  for  the  purpose  of  sub- 
jugating all  nations  on  earth  to  their  power!  Nol  I  shall 
struggle  against  the  golden  calf  and  shall  smash  it  to  pieces  as 
Moses  smashed  it  in  the  desert.' 

'"What  we  heard  is  a  threat  against  all  society.  Here  is 
my  hand,  I  will  be  your  comrade  in  this  struggle  against  the 
power  of  gold.' 

'The  Italian  shook  his  head,  but  accepted  the  extended  hand. 
'No,'  he  said,  'I  want  to  act  alone.  There  is  a  force  which,  if 
properly  directed,  is  not  weaker  than  gold.  That  force  is  pov- 
erty and  her  companion,  labor.  I  shall  call  them  out  and  lead 
them  into  battle.  Proud  Israel!  Beware!  I  shall  put  against 
you  the  Artel  (union)  and  Labor.' 

"'And  I,'  said  the  scholar,  with  animation,  'all  that  is  lofty 
and  noble, — science,  idealism,  faith — I  shall  lead  these  against 
this  materialism.' 

"His  comrade  laughed: 

"  "Your  ideals  will  crumble  as  clay  striking  against  metal. 
Only  the  forces  of  poverty  and  hunger  can  be  the  fighters  that 
will  defeat  the  golden  calf.  Our  ways  part  here;  you  will  go 
one  way,  and  I  another.  My  promise  is  fulfilled ;  but  remember 
your  vow—be  silent  as  to  all  that  you  have  heard  and  seen 
her* !' " 


42  THE  HISTORY  OF  A  LIE 

This  is  the  weird,  fantastic  "thriller"  from  which  sprang 
the  Protocols.  It  is  the  first  stage.  According  to  this 
story  not  only  were  there  present  at  a  secret  meeting  in 
the  Prague  Cemetery,  the  representatives  of  the  twelve 
tribes  of  Israel,  ten  of  which  totally  disappeared 
nearly  twenty-five  centuries  ago,  but  also  the  son  of 
"the  accursed  one,"  the  Devil,  was  there,  making  side- 
remarks  from  time  to  time.  His  assigned  function  was 
that  of  spreading  the  decisions  of  the  Wise  Men  of  Zion 
among  the  Jews  in  order  that  they  conquer  the  world. 

Dr.  Herman  L.  Strack,  professor  of  theology  at  the 
^niversity  of  Berlin,  one  of  the  foremost  Christian 
authorities  on  theological  and  religious  literature,  com- 
menting on  this  Goedsche-Retcliffe  concoction,  says  that 
this  tale  of  the  ghostly  convocation  in  the  Jewish  ceme- 
tery at  Prague,  discloses  no  real  knowledge  of  Judaism, 
that  the  reference  to  mixed  marriages  indicates  gross 
ignorance  of  actual  Jewish  thought,  and  that  the  Hebrew 
words  supposed  to  have  been  employed  by  the  spokesmen 
for  the  various  tribes  appear  to  have  been  borrowed  from 
a  dictionary.  He  also  points  to  Goedsche-Retcliffe's  story 
and  the  "Rabbi's  Speech"  about  to  be  mentioned  as  the 
sources  of  the  Protocols. 


CHAPTER  THREE 


FICTION  FORGED  INTO  "FACT" 

The  Lie  in  its  Second  Stage— The  Tale  Becomes  "Fact"— The 
"Rabbi's"  Speech — Its  Authenticity  Vouched  for  by  "Ret- 
cliffe" — An  Illuminating  Footnote — A  Dedication  to  the  Rus- 
sian "Black  Hundreds" — The  Imaginary  "Speech"  Bears 
Witness  to  Authenticity  of  "Protocols,"  Themselves  Based  on 
"Speech"— Three  Stages  of  the  Lie. 

A  number  of  years  after  this  Russian  translation  of 
the  Goedsche-Retcliffe  story  appeared,  Sir  John  Retcliffe, 
alias  Goedsche,  deeming  it  important  for  his  purpose  of 
adding  fuel  to  the  flame  of  anti-semitism  that  had  been 
lighted  in  Germany,  undertook  to  convert  this  work  of 
fiction,  this  offspring  of  his  imagination,  into  a  statement 
of  fact.  This  led  him  to  adopt  the  simple  device  of  con- 
solidating into  one  continuous  speech  the  dialogue  con- 
tained in  his  shilling  shocker,  and  putting  the  speech  into 
the  mouth  of  an  imaginary  Rabbi  in  such  a  way  as  to 
make  it  appear  to  be  an  address  delivered  by  him  to  a 
secret  convocation  of  Jews.  And  the  very  man  who  had 
invented  the  speeches  set  down  in  his  work  of  fiction 
twenty  years  before,  now  vouched  for  the  authenticity  of 
the  obviously  fabricated  speech  which  he  attributed  to  a 
Rabbi  who  had  his  birth  in  the  contorted  mind  of  this 
notorious  forger. 

A  translation  from  the  Russian  of  the  apocryphal 
"Rabbi's  Speech,"  with  the  introductory  note  as  published 
in  Russia  by  G.  Butmi,  in  1907,  in  a  book  entitled  "The 
Enemy  of  the  Human  Race,"  dedicated  by  the  author  to 
the  Black  Hundreds,  will  now  be  laid  before  the  reader. 
43 


44  THE  HISTORY  OF  A  LIE 

A  comparison  of  it,  with  the  scene  in  the  cemetery,  will 
at  once  demonstrate  the  identity  of  authorship.  Below 
is  a  facsimile  of  the  title  page  of  this  book,  a  copy  of 
which  is  in  the  Russian  collection  of  the  Library  of 
Congress,  in  Washington,  D.  C. 


OEJlMHI/ITEJlbHblfl  Pt>HI/l. 


BPATH 
POAA  HEJIOBtHEGHAFO. 


COW3S  PVCCK4FO  HAPOflJL 


Vemat'pmoe,  o6pa8omannoe  u  uono/meHHoe  usdam'e. 


xoHtnuji.  ropo«a»a,  J& 
1907. 


THE  HISTORY  OF  A  LIE  ^5 

THE  RABBI'S  SPEECH 
To  the  Jewish  People  * 

[Paragraphs  which  are  indented  and  parts  in  italics 
were  omitted  in  the  Butmi  version,  but  are  given  in  the 
French  publication  "Le  Peril  Judeo  Magonnique — I.  Les 
Protocols  des  Sages  de  Zion,"  by  Jouin,  Paris,  1920.]  ~~ 

"Our  fathers  ordained  the  chosen  ones  in  Israel  to  gather, 
without  fail,  once  every  century,  at  the  grave  of  our  great  Master 
Caleb,  the  sainted  Rabbi  Simeon  Ben  Judah,  whose  great  knowl- 
edge is  imparted  to  the  elect  of  each  generation  to  gain  the 
power  over  the  whole  world  and  authority  over  all  the  descend- 
ants of  Israel.  .  .  . 

"It  is  already  eighteen  centuries  that  the  war  of  Israel 
is  being  waged  with  the  power  which  had  been  promised 
to  Abraham  but  which  had  been  snatched  away  from 
him  by  the  Cross.  Trampled  under  foot,  humiliated  by 
his  enemies,  ceaselessly  under  threats  of  death,  of  per- 
secution, of  rapine  and  violence  of  every  sort,  Israel  has 
not  succumbed;  and  if  he  is  dispersed  over  the  whole 
world  it  is  because  the  whole  world  should  belong  to 
him. 

"It  has  been  for  a  few  [eighteen]  centuries  now  that  our 
learned  men  have  been  fighting  against  the  Cross  with  courage 

"NOTE.  (Toward  the  end  of  the  last  century  there  appeared  a  book 
in  London  by  Retcliffe  entitled  "A  Review  of  Political  and  Historical 
Events  During  the  Past  Ten  Years."  This  work  was  translated  into 
French.  The  French  periodical  press,  without  waiting  for  the  com- 
plete translation,  of  the  book,  reproduced  certain  parts  of  it  because 
they  were  of  special  interest.  Thus  the  French  newspapers  and  maga- 
zines published  translations  from  the  English  of  an  intensely  interesting 
speech,  most  edifying  for  Russia  (from  the  Hebrew),  delivered  by  one 
of  the  Rabbis,  THE  AUTHENTICITY  OF  WHICH  SPEECH  IS 
VOUCHED  FOR  BY  THE  ABOVE-MENTIONED  AUTHOR.  This  in- 
imitable gem  must  in  the  eyes  of  Russians  assume  all  the  more  im- 
portance since  it  is  brought  out  by  that  "highly  civilized"  humane 
and  practical  country,  England,  which  has  given  protection  to  the 
Russian  Jews  against  the  unsuccessfully  invented  persecutions  on  the 
part  of  the  Russian  government  and  people.  This  monstrous  document 
was  sent  at  the  time  in  printed  forni,  in  the  French  language,  to  the 
editorial  office  of  the  Odessa  newspaper  "Novorosisk  Telegraph"  for 
those  who  might  want  to  examine  the  accuracy  of  the  translation  pub- 
lished in  No.  4996  of  that  newspaper,  dated  January  15,  1891,  and  re- 
printed in  No.  21  of  the  Petersburg  newspaper  "Znamya,"  dated  January 
22,  1904.  THE  SPEECH  RELATES  TO  THE  TIME  OF  THE  SAN- 
HEDRIN  OF  18W.) 


46  THE  HISTORY  OF  A  LIE 

and  persistence  which  nothing  can  break.  Our  people  is  rising 
gradually  and,  with  each  day,  its  forces  are  growing.  It  is  to 
us  that  this  God  of  the  day  belongs,  which  was  erected  by  Aaron 
in  the  wilderness,  this  golden  calf,  this  universal  deity  of  the 
epoch. 
"When  we  become,  at  last,  the  sole  possessors  of  all  the  gold 


to  be  found  on  earth,  the  true  power  will  practically  be  trans- 
ferred to  our  hands,  and  the  promises  made  to  Abraham  will  be 
fulfilled.  Gold — is  the  greatest  power  on  earth;  it  is  wight,  re- 
ward, the  instrument  of  every  authority,  it  is  all  man,  both 
fears  and  desires.  This  is  the  sole  mystery,  the  most  profound 
science  of  that  spirit  with  the  aid  of  which  the  entire  world  is 
ruled.  This  is  what  the  future  holds  in  store.  Eighteen  cen- 
turies have  belonged  to  our  enemies ;  this  century  and  the  fol- 
lowing must  belong  to  us,  the  People  of  Israel,  and  will  be 
ours,  without  fail.  Here,  for  the  tenth  time  during  a  thousand 
years  of  cruel  and  incessant  struggle  with  our  enemies,  have 
assembled  at  this  cemetery;  at  the  grave  of  the  great  Master, 
Caleb,  the  sainted  Rabbi  Simeon  Ben  Judah,  the  elect  of  each 
of  the  tribes  of  the  Israelite  people,  in  order  to  discuss  and 
agree  upon,  the  means  of  making  use,  in  the  interests  of 
our  cause,  of  all  the  tremendous  mistakes  and  errors,  which 
our  enemies — the  Christians — have  not  ceased  to  commit.  Every 
time  the  new  Sanhedrin  (assembly)  proclaimed  and  preached 
merciless  warfare  against  our  enemies,  but  not  once  during  the 
past  centuries  did  our  forefathers  succeed  in  concentrating  in 
our  hands  such  an  enormous  quantity  of  gold  [and  conse- 
quently of  power]  as  the  nineteenth  century  has  given  us.  We 
are  therefore  able,  without  any  senseless  illusions,  to  flatter  our- 
selves with  the  hope  of  attaining  our  goal  before  long,  and  we 
can  look  forward  with  assurance  into  the  very  eyes  of  the 
future. 

"Persecutions  and  insults, — these  sombre  and  tortuous  times, 
which  the  people  of  Israel  bore  with  heroic  patience, — have  for- 
tunately come  to  an  end,  owing  to  the  progress  of  civilization 
among  the  Christians,  and  this  progress  is  the  best  shield  under 
which  we  can  hide  and  scheme,  in  order  that  we  may  cover 
quickly  and  decisively  the  last  leg  of  that  distance  which  divides 
us  from  our  supreme  aim.  Let  us  cast  a  cursory  glance  at  the 


THE  HISTORY  OF  A  LIE  47 

economic  situation  of  Europe  and  analyze  the  resources  which 
fell  to  the  Israelites  from  the  beginning  of  the  present  century, 
owing  to  the  concentration  in  their  hands  of  the  tremendous 
capital  which  is  in  their  possesson  at  the  present  time.  It  turns 
out  that  in  Paris,  London,  Vienna,  Berlin,  Amsterdam,  Hamburg, 
Rome,  Naples,  etc.  [and  in  all  lands— the  Rothschilds],  that 
everywhere,  the  Israelites  are  the  masters  of  the  financial  situa- 
tion, being  as  they  are  possessors  of  many  billions,  not  to  men- 
tion localities  of  the  second  and  third  class  where  all  the  financial 
funds  are  in  their  hands  and  not  mentioning  that,  without  their 
direct  influence,  no  financial  operation,  no  work  of  any  im- 
portance, could  be  carried  out  anywhere  at  any  time.  At  pres- 
ent, all  the  emperors,  kings  and  ruling  princes  are  burdened 
with  tremendous  debts  incurred  in  order  to  be  able  to  maintain 
numerous  standing  armies  [to  sustain  their  tottering  thrones]. 
The  Bourse  quotes  and  regulates  these  moneys,  and  we  are  the 
full  masters  of  the  Bourse  in  all  the  centres  of  the  globe.  The 
problem  before  us  now  is  to  facilitate  even  to  a  greater  extent 
the  means  of  contracting  these  loans  and  thus  to  become  the 
sole  managers  of  all  valuables,  after  which  the  exploitation  of 
all  their  railroads,  mines,  forests,  large  factories  and  industrial 
plants,  as  well  as  of  all  other  (real  property)  including  duties 
and  taxes,  will  fall  into  our  hands,  as  a  security  for  the  capital 
lent  by  us  to  the  various  States. 

"Agriculture  will  forever  remain  the  principal  source  of  a 
country's  wealth.  The  possession  of  large  plots  of  land  will 
pave  for  us  even  a  broader  way  to  honors  and  will  strengthen 
our  influence  (over  the  highest  officials  of  the  country).  From 
this  follows,  that  our  efforts  will  be  directed  towards  inducing 
our  brethren  in  Israel  to  make  large  agricultural  purchases.  We 
must,  therefore,  do  our  utmost  to  break  up  large  estates  into 
small  parcels,  in  order  to  be  able  to  purchase  them  in  the  easiest 
and  quickest  way.  Under  the  pretext  of  trying  to  help  the  work- 
ing classes,  it  is  necessary  to  oppress  the  large  landowners  with 
taxation  in  all  its  severity.  When  these  possessions  will  thus 
gradually  be  transferred  into  our  hands,  the  whole  labor  of  the 
Christian  proletariat  will  become  for  us  a  new  source  of  tre- 
mendous profits.  Since  the  Christian  Church  is  one  of  our  most 
dangerous  enemies,  we  must  work  tirelessly  to  weaken  its  in- 
fluence, and  in  order  to  accomplish  this,  it  is  necessary  to  use 
all  our  efforts  to  implant  in  the  Christian  intellectual  class  ideas 


48  THE  HISTORY  OF  A  LIE 

of  atheism,  scepticism,  dissension  and  to  call  forth  religious 
disputes  among  the  newly-formed  groups  and  sects  of  Christen- 
dom. 

"Logically,  we  must  begin  by  depreciating  the  min- 
isters of  this  religion.  Let  us  declare  open  war  on  them, 
let  us  provoke  suspicions  on  their  devotion,  on  their 
private  conduct,  and  by  ridicule  and  persiflage  we  shall 
be  right  in  the  consideration  attached  to  the  state  and 
the  costume  of  the  priest. 

"Every  war,  every  revolution,  every  political  and  religious  up- 
heaval brings  nearer  the  moment  when  we  shall  attain  the  great 
end  for  which  we  have  been  striving  so  long.  Commerce  and 
speculation — these  branches,  most  plentiful  in  their  fruits, — must 
never  be  suffered  to  slip  out  of  the  hands  of  the  Israelites. 

"...  and  once  these  branches  have  become  identi- 
fied with  us,  we  shall,  through  the  flattery  and  perspicacity 
of  our  executives,  know  how  to  penetrate  to  the  prime 
source  of  true  influence  and  power.  It  is  understood 
that  we  are  concerned  only  with  those  pursuits  that  entail 
honors,  power  or  privileges,  for  all  those  that  require 
knowledge,  labor  or  disagreeable  conditions,  these  can  and 
should  be  left  to  the  Christians.  The  magistrature  is  an 
institution  of  prime  importance  for  us.  The  legal  pro- 
fession develops  most  the  faculty  of  civilization  and 
initiates  one  furthest  in  the  affairs  of  our  natural  ene- 
mies, the  Christians,  and  it  is  through  it  that  we  can 
subject  them  to  our  mercy.  Why  should  not  the  Jews 
become  Ministers  of  Instruction  when  they  have  so  often 
been  Ministers  of  Finance?  The  Jews  must  also  aspire 
to  the  rank  of  legislators  with  the  object  of  abrogating 
the  laws  made  by  the  Goim,  faithless  sinners,  against 
the  sons  of  Israel,  the  true  believers,  in  their  invariable 
attachment  to  the  holy  laws  of  Abraham. 

"Moreover,  on  this  point,  our  plan  is  nearing  the  most 
complete  realization,  for  progress  has  nearly  everywhere 
recognized  and  accorded  to  us  the  same  civic  rights  as 
to  Christians,  but  that  which  it  is  of  importance  to  ob- 
tain, that  which  must  be  the  object  of  our  ceaseless 
efforts,  is  a  law  less  severe  on  bankruptcy.  We  shall 
make  of  it  a  gold  mine  more  rich  than  were  ever  the 
mines  of  California. 


THE  HISTORY  OF  A  LIE  49 

"With  this  object  in  view  the  people  of  Israel  must  direct 
its  ambition  towards  those  high  offices  of  authority  which  have 
the  power  to  distribute  honors  and  esteem.  The  most  assured 
way  of  attaining  such  offices  is  to  have  weight  and  importance  in 
the  various  industrial  enterprises,  financial  and  commercial  op- 
erations, and  to  be  on  guard  for  all  pitfalls  and  temptations 
which  may  lead  to  the  prosecution  of  the  sons  of  Israel  in  the 
country's  courts. 

"Our  people,  in  deciding  upon  one  operation  or  another,  must 
be  guided  by  wisdom  and  tact,  which  are  the  distinguishing 
traits  of  its  natural  gifts.  We  must  not  remain  passive  to  any- 
thing that  may  aid  us  in  gaining  a  place  of  honor  in  society; 
philosophy,  medicine,  law,  political  economy— in  other  words,  all 
branches  of  science,  art,  literature — represent  a  wide  field  where 
even  our  smallest  successes,  developing  our  abilities,  will  be  of 
great  benefit  to  our  cause. 

"These  vocations  are  inseparable  from  speculation. 
Thus  the  production  of  a  musical  composition,  even 
though  it  be  very  mediocre,  will  furnish  to  our  co- 
religionists a  plausible  reason  for  elevating  on  a  pedestal 
and  surrounding  with  a  halo  the  Jew  who  will  be  the 
author  of  it.  As  for  the  sciences,  medicine  and  phil- 
osophy, they  must  equally  be  a  part  of  our  intellectual 
domain. 

"To  the  physician  are  usually  confided  the  most  intimate  secrets 
of  the  family  and  he,  therefore,  holds  in  his  hands  the  health 
and  life  of  our  ancient  enemies — the  Christians.  We  are  obliged 
to  encourage  matrimonial  unions  between  Israelites  and  Chris- 
tians, for  the  people  of  Israel,  risking  no  loss  whatsoever  from 
such  contact,  will  only  gain  from  such  unions. 

"...  The  introduction  of  a  certain  quantity  of  im- 
pure blood  into  our  God-chosen  race  will  not  corrupt  it. 
Our  daughters  will  furnish  us  with  these  marriages  alli- 
ances with  Christian  families  that  possess  influence  and 
power.  In  exchange  for  the  money  that  we  give,  it  is 
just  that  we  obtain  influence  on  everything  that  sur- 
rounds us. 

"Our  relationship  with  the  Christians  will  not  make  us  deviate 
from  the  path  we  have  always  been  following;  on  the  contrary, 
with  a  certain  degree  of  artfulness  and  cunning,  this  relationship 
will  gradually  make  us  full  masters  of  their  destinies.  It  is 


50  THE  HISTORY  OF  A  LIE 

desirable,  that  the  Israelites  refrain  from  keeping  concubines 
of  our  holy  faith  and  rather  select  Christian  girls  for  the  part. 
The  substitution  of  the  simple  formality  of  a  contract  before 
some  civil  power  for  the  church  ceremony  is  of  the  greatest 
importance  to  us,  because  on  this  condition  Christian  women 
will  overflow  our  camp. — If  gold  is  the  first  power  on  this  earth, 
then  the  second  power  is  undoubtedly  the  press.  But  of  what 
significance  is  the  latter  without  the  former?  Since  we  cannot 
realize  all  the  above-stated  aims  without  the  assistance  of  the 
press,  it  is  absolutely  necessary  that  the  management  of  all  the 
newspapers  and  magazines  of  all  the  countries,  be  in  our  hands. 
The  possession  of  gold,  of  the  press  and  of  sufficient  means  for 
the  satisfaction  of  certain  qualities  of  its  soul,  will  make  us 
masters  of  public  opinion  and  will  subjugate  to  us  the  masses. 

"Following  this  method  on  every  step  of  our  way  with  a  per- 
sistence which  is  one  of  our  highest  qualities,  we  will  push  the 
Christians  aside  and  reduce  their  influence  to  zero.  We  will 
dictate  to  the  world  what  it  should  believe,  what  it  must 
revere  or  despise.  It  is  possible  that  persons  will  be  found  who 
will  arise  against  us ;  arming  themselves,  they  will  hurl  insults 
and  curses  at  us ;  but  the  docile,  ignorant  masses  will  harken  to 
us  and  will  take  our  part.  Once  we  become  absolute  masters 
of  the  press,  we  will  easily  be  able  to  refashion  the  ideas  of 
honor,  of  virtue,  of  faithfulness- — and  to  deal  the  first  blow  td 
the  family-conception  which  is  considered  to  this  day  as  the 
most  sacred  institution  and  which  must  be  reduced  to  a  state  of 
decay.  We  shall  then  be  able  to  uproot  the  belief  in  that  which 
our  enemies,  the  Christians,  shall  have  worshipped  until  that 
time  and  instead  of  that,  having  brought  up  the  army  in  a 
spirit  of  infatuation  with  the  various  passions,  we  shall  openly 
declare  war  upon  everything  that  the  gentiles  are  at  present 
revering  and  worshipping. 

"May  all  this  be  understood  and  noted,  and  let  every  child  of 
Israel  become  imbued  with  its  true  principles.  Then  our  might 
will  grow  like  a  gigantic  tree  the  branches  of  which  will  bear 
fruits,  known  as  riches,  pleasure,  power. 

"  .  .  .  as  a  compensation  for  that  hideous  condition 
which  for  long  centuries  has  been  the  unique  lot  of  the 
people  of  Israel. 

"When  one  of  us  makes  a  step  forward  let  the  next  one 
follow  him.  If  his  foot  slips  let  his  co-religionists  hasten  to 


THE  HISTORY  OF  A  LIE  51 

support  him.  If  an  Israelite  is  trapped  by  the  court  of  the 
country  in  which  he  resides,  his  brethren  in  faith  should  use 
all  their  efforts  to  get  him  out  of  trouble  or  to  help  him  other- 
wise, but  on  the  condition  that  the  Israelite  in  question  acted 
according  to  the  laws  which  Israel  observes  strictly  and  guards 
for  so  many  centuries,  and  the  precepts  of  our  religion. 

"Our  people  is  conservative,  faithful  to  the  religious 
ceremonies  and  usages  which  our  ancestors  have  be- 
queathed to  us. 

"It  is  very  important  for  us  to  pretend  to  be  expounders  and 
protagonists  of  social  questions  prevalent  at  the  time  in  a  coun- 
try, especially  of  those  whose  aim  it  is  to  better  the  fate  of  the 
workingman;  but,  in  reality,  our  efforts  must  gravitate  towards 
possession  and  rule  over  the  movements  of  public  opinion. 

"The  blindness  of  the  masses  and  the  tendency  of  their 
leaders  to  yield  to  oratory,  as  empty  as  it  is  loud,  make  them 
easy  prey  for  us  and  a  double  weapon  for  our  popularity  and 
credit.  With  the  aid  of  oratory,  our  speakers  will  be  able  to 
make  people  believe  our  artificial  enthusiasm  which  Christians 
usually  attain  through  the  medium  of  genuine  sentiment. 

"It  is  necessary,  to  support  as  much  as  possible,  the  Proletariat 
and  to  subjugate  it  to  those  in  charge  of  the  finances.  Acting 
in  this  manner,  it  will  be  for  us  to  incite  the  masses,  when- 
ever we  shall  need  them.  We  will  use  them  as  weapons  for  up- 
heavals and  revolutions  and  each  of  these  catastrophes  will  move 
our  cause  forward  with  gigantic  strides  and  will  bring  us,  with 
a  quick  pace,  nearer  our  goal — to  reign  over  the  entire  world, 
as  it  was  promised  by  our  Father  Abraham." 


52  THE  HISTORY  OF  A  LIE 

[For  the  sake  of  illustration,  the  following  extracts, 
out  of  many  that  might  be  selected,  are  taken  from  the 
Goedsche-Retdiffe  novel  which  were  afterwards  elabo- 
rated and  presented  as  facts.] 

FIRST  STAGE  OF  THE  LIE-THE  NOVELETTE 

If  we  will  be  supreme  in  the  stock  exchange,  we  will  attain  the 
same  supremacy  in  the  governments.  Therefore  it  is  necessary  to 
facilitate  loans  in  order  to  get  them  into  our  hands  all  the  more. 
Wherever  possible,  we  must  take  in  exchange  for  capital,  mortgages  on 
railroads,  taxes,  mines,  regalias  (?)  and  domains.  (Page  32.) 

Ownership  of  land  is  always  the  iron-clad,  everlasting  possession  of 
every  country.  This  in  itself  gives  power,  respect  and  influence. 
Therefore  the  Jews  should  secure  the  possibility  of  acquiring  real 
estate.  Therefore  it  is  necessary  to  facilitate  the  loans  on  land.  The 
more  we  will  help  the  breaking  up  of  estates,  the  more  easily  they 
will  fall  into  our  hands.  (Page  33.) 

Industry  the  power  of  the  burgher,  which  hinders  the  Jewish  nation 
must  be  paralyzed  even  as  agriculture.  (Page  34.) 

The  natural  enemy  of  the  Jews  is  the  Christian  Church.  Therefore 
we  must  try  to  humiliate  it,  we  must  instil  into  it  free-thinking,  sceptic- 
ism, and  conflicts.  Therefore  we  will  first  of  all  start  a  war  on  the 
clergy,  we  will  try  to  arouse  suspicion  against  it  and  humiliate  it. 

Let  our  brethren  strive  for  the  abolition  of  armed  force.  .  .  .  Not 
the  sword,  but  reason  and  money  must  rule.  (Page  35.) 

Our  nation  is  conservative  to  its  very  root,  and  clings  fast  to  the 
old.  But  our  interests  demand  that  we  participate,  or,  rather,  direct 
the  movements  of  nations.  It  is  indisputable  that  ours  is  a  time  of 
many  reforms,  whose  main  purpose  is  the  amelioration  of  the  material 
condition  of  the  needy  classes.  But  for  this  the  propertied  classes 
must  sacrifice  their  capital.  Capital  is  in  the  hands  of  the  Jews. 
Therefore,  they  must  outwardly  take  part  in  the  movement  and  try  to 
divert  _it  from  social  and  political  reforms.  The  masses  themselves 
are  blind  and  foolish  and  permit  the  shouters  to  rule  over  them. 
.  .  .  The  instability  of  the  foundation  increases  our  power  and  our 
influence.  Therefore  the  support  of  every  kind  of  revolution  increases 
our  capital  and  brings  us  nearer  to  our  goal.  (Pages  36-37.) 

Of  what  value  are  all  the  opinions  and  advice  given  here  without  the 
aid  of  the  press?  We  will  attain  our  aim  only  when  the  press  will  be 
in  our  hands.  Our  people  must  direct  the  daily  publications.  .  .  .  We 
need  great  political  newspapers  which  will  mold  public  opinion— criti- 
cism, the  literature  of  the  street  and  the  stage.  In  this  way  we  will 
crowd  out  the  Christians  step  by  step,  and  will  dictate  to  the  world 
what  it  should  believe  in,  what  it  should  respect  and  what  it  should 
curse.  We  will  repeat  the  sorrowful  cry  of  Israel  and  the  complaints 
against  the  persecutions  which  are  directed  against  us.  ...  With  the 
press  in  our  hands  we  can  turn  wrong  into  right,  dishonesty  into 
honesty.  We  can  shake  all  foundations  and  separate  families.  We  can 
destroy  faith  in  all  that  our  enemies  believed  until  now.  We  can  ruin 
credits  and  arouse  passions.  Wo  can  declare  war;  we  can  give  fame  or 
disgrace.  We  can  uplift  or  ruin  talent.  (Page  43.) 


JHE  HISTORY  OF  A  LIE  53 

[  The  -following  art  parallel  extracts  from  the  imaginary 
Rabbi's  speech  vouched  for  by  the  author  of  the  novelette 
as  fact  a  number  of  years  later.] 

SECOND  STAGE  OF  THE  LIE-"THE  RABBI'S  SPEECH" 

When  we  become  at  last  the  sole  possessors  of  all  the  gold  to  be  found 
on  earth,  the  power  will  practically  be  transferred  to  our  hands,  and 
the  promises  made  to  Abraham  will  be  fulfilled.  Gold — is  the  greatest 
power  on  earth,  it  is  might,  reward,  the  instrument  of  every  authority, 
it  is  all  man,  both  fears  and  desires.  .  .  .  The  problem  before  us  now 
is  to  facilitate  even  to  a  greater  extent  the  means  of  contracting  these 
loans  and  thus  to  become  the  sole  managers  of  all  the  valuables,  after 
which  the  exploitation  of  all  their  railroads,  mines,  forests,  large 
factories  and  industrial  plants,  as  well  as  of  all  other  real  property, 
including  duties  and  taxes,  will  fall  into  our  hands,  as  a  security  for 
the  capital  lent  to  us  by  the  various  states. 

Agriculture  will  forever  remain  the  principal  source  of  a  country's 
wealth.  The  possession  of  large  plots  of  land  will  pave  for  us  even  a 
broader  way  to  honors  and  will  strengthen  our  influence  over  the 
highest  officials  of  the  country.  From  this  follows,  that  our  efforts  will 
be  directed  towards  inducing  our  brethren  in  Israel  to  make  large 
agricultural  purchases.  We  must,  therefore,  do  our  utmost  to  break  up 
large  estates  into  small  parcels,  in  order  to  be  able  to  purchase  them 
in  the  easiest  and  quickest  way.  Under  the  pretext  of  trying  to  help 
the  working  classes,  it  is  necessary  to  oppress  the  large  landowners 
with  taxation  in  all  its  severity.  When  thsse  possessions  will  thus 
gradually  be  transferred  in  our  hands,  the  whole  labor  of  the  Christian 
proletariat  will  become  for  us  a  new  scarce  of  tremendous  profits. 

Commerce  and  speculation — these  branches,  most  plentiful  in  their 
fruits, — must  never  be  suffered  to  slip  out  of  the  hands  of  the  Israel- 
ites,— with  this  object  in  view  the  people  of  Israel  must  direct  its 
ambition  towards  those  high  offices  of  authority  which  have  the  power 
to  distribute  honors  and  esteem. 

Since  the  Christian  Church  is  one  of  our  most  dangerous  enemies,  we 
must  work  tirelessly  to  weaken  its  influence,  and  in  order  to  accom- 
plish this,  it  is  necessary  to  use  all  our  efforts  to  implant  in  the 
Christian  intellectual  class  ideas  of  Atheism,  scepticism,  dissension 
and  to  call  forth  religious  disputes  among  the  newly-formed  groups 
and  sects  of  Christendom. 

It  is  very  important  for  us  to  pretend  to  be  expounders  and 
protagonists  of  social  questions  prevalent  at  the  time  in  a  country, 
especially  of  those  whose  aim  it  is  to  better  the  fate  of  the  working- 
man;  but,  in  reality,  our  efforts  must  gravitate  towards  possession 
and  rule  over  the  movements  of  public  opinion. 

The  blindness  of  the  masses  and  the  tendency  of  their  leaders  to  fall 
for  oratory  as  empty  as  it  is  loud,  will  make  them  easy  prey  for  us 
and  a  double  weapon  for  our  popularity  and  credit.  With  the  aid  of 
oratory,  our  speakers  will  be  able  to  make  people  believe  our  artificial 
enthusiasm  which  Christians  usually  attain  through  genuine  senti- 
ment. .  .  . 

Once  we  become  absolute  masters  of  the  press,  we  will  easily  be  able 
to  refashion  the  ideas  of  honor,  of  virtue,  of  faithfulness — and  to  deal 
the  first  blow  to  the  family-conception  which  is  considered  to  this  day 
as  the  most  sacred  institution  and  which  must  be  reduced  to  a  state 
of  decay.  We  sHall  then  be  able  to  uproot  the  belief  in  that  which  our 
enemies,  the  Christians,  shall  have  worshipped  until  that  time  and 
instead  of  that,  having  brought  up  the  army  in  a  spirit  of  infatuation 
with  the  various  passions,  we  shall  openly  declare  war  upon  everything 
which  tht  Gentiles  are  at  present  revering  and.  worshipping.  .  .  , 


54  THE  HISTORY  OF  A  LIE 

[The  following  are  extracts  from  the  new  -version  of 
the  "protocols"  introduced  by  Nilus  in  1905,  sho^v^ng  the 
different  stages  of  the  forgery.] 

THIRD   STAGE  OF   THE  LIE— "THE   PROTOCOLS"* 

All  the  wheels  of  the  government  mechanism  are  driven  by  the  motor 
which  is  in  our  hands,  and  that  motor  is— gold.  (Prot.  5.) 

To  make  it  possible  for  liberty  definitely  to  disintegrate  and  ruin 
Gentile  society,  industry  must  be  placed  upon  a  speculative  basis. 
The  result  will  be  that  all  products  extracted  from  industry  from  the 
soil  will  not  remain  in  their  hands  but  will  pass  through  speculation 
into  our  possession.  (Prot.  4.) 

The  aristocracy  of  the  Gentiles  as  a  political  force  has  passed  away. 
.  .  .  But  as  owners  of  land,  they  are  harmful  to  us  in  that  they  are 
independent  in  their  sources  of  livelihood.  Therefore  at  all  costs  we 
must  deprive  them  of  their  land.  The  best  means  to  attain  this  is 
to_  increase  land  taxes  and  mortgage  indebtedness.  These  measures 
will  keep  land  ownership  in  a  state  of  unconditional  subordination. 
(Prot.  6.) 

See  second  quotation  above. 

At  the  same  time  it  is  necessary  to  encourage  trade  and  industry 
vigorously  and  especially  speculation,  the  function  of  which  is  to  act 
as  a  counterpoise  to  industry.  ...  It  is  necessary  for  industry  to 
deplete  the  land  both  of  laborers  and  capital,  and,  through  speculation, 
transfer  all  the  money  of  the  world  into  our  hands,  thereby  throwing 
the  Gentiles  into  the  ranks  of  the  proletariat.  (Prot.  6.) 

It  is  for  this  reason  that  we  must  undermine  faith,  eradicate  from 
the  minds  of  the  Gentiles  the  very  principle  of  God  and  soul  and 
replace  these  conceptions  by  mathematical  calculations  and  material 
desires.  (Prot.  4.) 

We  have  taken  good  care  long  ago  to  discredit  the  Gentile  clergy 
and  thereby  to  destroy  their  mission,  which  at  present  might  hamper 
us  considerably.  Their  influence  over  people  diminishes  daily.  (Prot.  17.) 

It  is  indispensible  for  pur  purposes  that,  as  far  as  possible,  wars 
should  bring  _no  territorial  advantages.  This  will  nhift  war  to  an 
economic  footing  and  nations  will  perceive  the  strength  of  pur  su- 
periority in  the  aid  we  render.  Such  a  condition  of  affairs  will  place 
both  sides  under  the  control  of  our  international  agents  with  their 
million  eyes,  whose  vision  is  unhampered  by  any  frontiers.  (Pi-ot.  2.) 

We  will  represent  ourselves  as  the  savjors  of  the  laboring  classes 
who  have  come  to  liberate  them  from  this  oppression  by  suggesting 
that  they  join  our  army  of  socialists,  anarchists,  communists,  to  whom 
we  always  extend  our  help  under  the  guise  of  the  fraternal  principles 
of  the  universal  solidarity  of  our  social  masonry.  .  .  .  (Prot.  3.) 

We  will  adopt  for  ourselves  the  liberal  side  of  all  parties  and  all 
movements  and  provide  orators  who  will  talk  so  much  that  they  will 
tire  the  people  with  their  speeches  until  they  turn  from  orators  in 
disgust.  (Prot.  5.) 

We  shall  handle  the  press  in  the  following  manner  ...  to  end  of 
Protocol  12. 

•These  extracts  are  taken  from  "The  Protocols  of  the  Wise  Men  of 
Zion,"  published  by  the  Beckwith  Company,  New  York,  1920. 


CHAPTER  FOUR 
THE  RUSSIAN  SPONSORS  OF  THE  FORGERY 

Nilus  on  the  Protocols— Only  "the  God- Anointed  Tsar  of  Rus- 
sia" Can  Save  the  World — Passages  from  Nilus  Omitted  by 
Translators — On  Tolstoy — On  the  Emancipation  of  Women 
—On  the  "Sanhedrin"  and  "its  Faithful  Ally,  England." 

In  1905  the  second  edition  of  Serge  Nilus's  book  ap- 
peared, printed  on  government  presses  at  Tsarskoye  Selo, 
containing  a  new  and  elaborated  version  of  the  protocols. 

The  translators  of  the  Nilus  protocols  published  in  his 
1905  edition,  a  copy  of  which  is  in  the  British  Museum, 
have  deliberately  omitted  numerous  passages  from  his 
prologue  and  epilogue.  These  passages  show  clearly  the 
purpose  of  the  volume.  Nilus  writes:  "We  may  per- 
haps be  reproached,  and  justly,  for  the  apocryphal  char- 
acter of  the  document  presented.  But  if  it  were  possible 
to  demonstrate  its  accuracy  by  documents  or  through  the 
testimony  of  trustworthy  witnesses,  if  it  were  possible  to 
unveil  the  faces  of  those  who  are  at  the  head  of  the 
world  conspiracy  and  who  hold  its  bloody  strings  in  their 
hands,  then  the  very  'mystery  of  lawlessness*  would  be 
infringed  upon,  and  it  must  remain  intact  until  its  in- 
carnation in  the  'son  of  destruction/  "  Then  he  goes  on 
to  say  that  the  world  is  rushing  towards  its  destruction, 
and  that  there  is  only  one  force  that  can  save  it,  and  that 
is  the  "God-Anointed  Tsar  of  Russia."  The  omitted 
portions  of  the  Nilus  book  show  distinctly  that  it  is  a 
work  of  propaganda  for  the  Russian  autocracy.  Nilus 
denounced  Leo  Tolstoy,  the  emancipation  of  women,  and 
all  movements  leading  toward  progress. 
55 


4 


$6  THE  HISTORY  OF  A  LIE 

The  editors  of  the  protocols  in  Europe  and  America, 
realizing  that  these  passages  wotilfi  disclose  to  intelli- 
gent people  the  real  motive  of  the  Nilus  protocols  and 
thus  discredit  them,  have  deliberately  omitted  them  in 
the  translations. 

Here  are  some  of  the  omitted  portions  of  the  notorious 
Nilus  book,  which  are  his  own  utterances  and  do  not 
purport  to  constitute  a  part  of  the  Protocols.  They  are 
translated  from  a  photographed  copy  of  the  volume  in 

the  British  Museum: 
******** 

"We  have  succeeded  in  obtaining  for  our  use  from  a  man 
close  to  us,  now  deceased,  a  manuscript  in  which  are  described 
with  unusual  precision  and  clearness  the  course  and  progress 
of  the  universal  fatal  mystery  aiming  to  bring  the  apostate  world 
to  an  inevitable  catastrophe.  This  manuscript  was  given  to  us 
about  four  years  ago  (in  1901)  with  the  assurance  that  it  was 
an  accurate  copy — a  translation  of  the  original  documents  stolen 
by  a  woman  from  one  of  the  most  powerful  and  sacred  directors 
of  Freemasonry  after  one  of  the  secret  meetings  of  the  'initiates' 
in  France,  the  present  nest  of  the  Freemasen's  sect.  This  manu- 
script under  the  general  title  'Protocols  of  Meetings  of  the  Wise 
Men  of  Zion'  I  now  call  to  the  attention  of  all  who  wish  to 
see  or  hear.  These  'Protocols'  at  a  first  cursory  glance  might 
seem  to  be  what  we  are  accustomed  to  call  truisms ;  they  are  more 
or  less  commonplaces  although  expressed  with  a  boldness  and 
a  hatred  not  altogether  customary  in  commonplaces.  A  proud, 
deeply-rooted,  ancient,  for  a  long  time  secretly  growing, — and 
what  is  more  frightful  than  all, — a  religious  rage  boils  between 
the  lines,  bubbling  over  and  escaping  from  the  overfilled  vessel 
of  violence  and  vengeance,  already  approaching  complete  triumph. 
"It  must  be  mentioned,  by  the  way,  that  the  title  of  the  manu- 
script does  not  fully  justify  the  contents:  these  are  not  protocols 
of  a  meeting  but  rather  the  report  of  someone  in  power,  divided 
into  parts  which  are  not  even  always  logically  connected:  the 
impression  remains  that  this  is  a  fragment  of  something  much 
more  significant,  the  beginning  of  which  has  been  lost  The 
origin  of  the  manuscript,  as  given  by  us  above,  furnishes  suf- 
ficient explanation  of  this. 
******** 


THE  HISTORY  OF  A  LIE  57 

"We  may  perhaps  be  reproached,  and  justly,  for  the  apocryphal 
character  of  the  document  presented.  But  if  it  were  possible 
to  demonstrate  its  accuracy  by  documents  or  through  the  testi- 
mony of  trustworthy  witnesses,  if  it  were  possible  to  unveil 
the  faces  of  those  who  are  at  the  head  of  the  world  conspiracy 
and  who  hold  its  bloody  strings  in  their  hands,  then  the  very 
'mystery  of  lawlessness'  would  be  infringed  upon,  and  it  must 
remain  intact  until  its  incarnation  in  the  'son  of  destruction.' 
In  the  complexity  of  the  present  criminally-earthly  process  we 
must  not  search  for  direct  evidence;  we  are  forced  to  content 
ourselves  with  indirect  proof  and  of  these  it  seems  that  the 
attention  of  the  sad  Christian  observer  is  fully  satisfied. 

"The  history  of  the  Rothschilds  show  that  the  whole  repub- 
lican  era  of  France  is  due  to  Zion  and  that  not  a  single  one  of 
those  elected  to  office  has  to  this  time  ever  done  what  he  prom- 
ised to  do,  if  the  demands  of  his  electors  did  not  coincide  with 
the  plans  of  the  government  of  Zion. 

"What  has  become  of  unfortunate  France!  .   .   . 

"  'Let  him  who  has  ears,  listen !'  " 
******** 

"  'Now  the  Spirit  speaketh  expressly,  that  in  the  latter  times 
some  shall  depart  from  the  faith,  giving  heed  to  seducing  spirits, 
and  doctrines  of  devils; 

"'Speaking  lies  in  hypocrisy;  having  their  conscience  seared 
with  a  hot  iron; 

"  'Forbidding  to  marry,  and  commanding  to  abstain  from 
meats,  which  God  hath  created  to  be  received  with  thanksgiving 
of  them  which  believe  and  know  the  truth.' 

"Is  net  this  Tolstoy  and  his  followers  scattered  over  the  whole 
world  ?!" 
******** 

"In  every  age  there  have  been  many  women  'drowning  in  sin 
and  led  on  by  various  lusts':  the  ebb  and  flow  of  this  sin  in 
woman's  heart  characterized  whole  epochs  of  particular  human 
defection  but  at  no  time  of  the  seeming  triumph  of  sin  have 
there  been  women  'constantly  studying' — this  sign  represents  en- 
tirely a  universal  inheritance  and  is  an  exclusive  characteristic 
of  our  epoch. 

"Who  is  ignorant  of  the  so-called  'woman  question,'  the  eman- 
cipation of  woman,  that  has  already  succeeded  in  breaking  up 
so  many  families  and  which  threatens  an  even  greater  disruption 
in  the  future  ?1  .  ,  , 


58  THE  HISTORY  OF  A  LIE 

"For  the  sake  of  some  phantom  the  bride  and  mother  aban- 
dons her  true  mission.  Is  not  this  the  greatest  and  most  un- 
fortunate world  revolution!" 

****  *  *  *  * 

"The  Sanhedrin  was  unseizable  and  invulnerable.  It  carried 
the  roots  of  evil  from  France  into  Scotland,  where  under  a 
different  name  it  entered  into  a  league  with  united  England, 
with  whom,  after  having  let  it  in  behind  the  curtain  of  its 
secret  and  having  declared  deadly  war  to  papism,  it  cooperates 
even  to  the  present  day,  helping  out  England  in  her  exploits 
over  the  whole  world  with  its  capital  and  concessions,  in  which 
respect  the  Sanhedrin  was  never  penurious. 

"As  to  the  question  why  England  and  no  other  European  gov- 
ernment was  chosen  as  the  point  of  resistance  for  the  fighting 
Sanhedrin,  the  Sanhedrin  gives  no  reply.  We  are  inclined  to 
think  that  the  cause  is  to  be  found  in  the  isolated  island  position 
of  the  sufficiently  strong  government,  and  perhaps  in  the  kinship 
between  the  English  and  the  Jews.* 

"Having  covered  the  whole  of  Europe  with  a  network  of 
Masonic  lies  (the  symbol  of  the  temple  of  Solomon  is  preserved 
for  them  also),  possessing  countless  millions,  in  face  of  the 
general  fall  of  the  Christian  spirit  among  the  European  peoples, 
in  whom  there  was  artificially  spread  and  supported  the  cult  of 
the  golden  calf;  having  poisoned  the  idea  of  godliness  and 
spirituality  in  the  heart  of  the  peoples  by  'scientific'  theories,  the 
Sanhedrin — the  priest  of  the  golden  idol  created  by  it,  has  gained 
control  of  the  spiritual  life  of  all  Europe,  and  with  its  help, 
with  the  help  of  its  gold,  with  the  sold  consciousness  of  those 
standing  at  the  helm  of  power,  and  with  the  help  of  its  faithful 
ally — England,  it  has  corrupted  and  perverted  all  the  political 
foundations  of  Europe,  and  through  them  the  well-being  and 
spiritual  health  of  its  population.  The  French  revolution,  glori- 
fied by  the  Masonized  historical  science  of  'greatness'  and  the 
fall  of  the  'great'  Napoleon  have  shown  to  the  world  the  sig- 
nificance and  strength  of  the  Sanhedrin.  But  the  world  did  not 
recognize  the  new  .manifestation  of  Satan:  at  that  time  the 
words  of  truth  of  the  Evangel  and  the  apostolic  foresight  had 
become  alien  to  him." 

*  As  is  known,  there  is  a  scientific  theory  which  tries  to  prove  that 
the  English  are  the  descendants  of  one  of  the  scattered  tribes  of 
Israel.  The  Sanhedrin  which  directs  the  course  of  contemporary  sci- 
ence, is  not  ashamed  to  produce  whatever  theories  are  advantageous 
to  them.  According  to  certain  tenuous  evidences  in  the  air  it  seems 
that  a  new  theory  is  being  produced  according  to  which  the  honor  of 
birth  relationship  with  the  God-elected  Sanhedrin  is  extended  to 
America  and  ,  .  ,  Japan.  AVIS  A  L'ANGLETERREl  .  .  .  ) 


CHAPTER  FIVE 
FORGERS  DISAGREE 

The  Butmi  Protocols — "Representatives  of  Zion"  Not  to  be  Con- 
founded with  "Zionists" — Butmi  Contradicts  Nilus — Plan 
for  World  Conquest  Conceived  929  B.  C  E.— The  "Symbolic 
Snake" — Universal  Suffrage  a  Jewish  Device — Every  Jew 
Familiar  with  Plot. 

In  the  book  issued  by  G.  Butmi  to  which  reference  has 
been  made,  and  which  contains  the  "Rabbi's  Speech" 
already  considered,  there  is  to  be  found  still  another  ver- 
sion of  the  protocols.  Butmi  was  a  Black  Hundred 
writer.  It  appeared  in  1907  and  was  dedicated  to  the 
Black  Hundred  organization.  Appropriately  enough  it 
was  published  by  the  Society  of  Deaf  and  Dumb,  as  will 
be  seen  from  the  facsimile  reproduction  of  the  title  page. 
With  exceeding  naivete  Butmi  published  the  forged  speech 
attributed  by  Retcliffe-Goedsche  to  a  Jewish  Rabbi  as 
proof  of  the  genuineness  of  the  protocols,  and  side  by 
side  with  the  fabricated  speech  appears  the  Butmi  ver- 
sion of  the  protocols  which  had  undergone  further 
changes  subsequent  to  the  publication  in  1905  of  "the 
documents"  by  Serge  Nilus. 

The  headlines  over  the  protocols  in  the  Butmi  1907 
version  read  as  follows: 

"PROTOCOLS  TAKEN  OUT  OF  THE  SECRET  DEPOSI- 
TORIES OF  THE  MAIN  OFFICE  OF  ZION. 

"'(Extracts  from  ancient  and  modern  protocols  of  the  Sages 
of  Zion  of  the  Universal  Organization  of  Freemasons.)' 
59 


60  THE  HISTORY  OF  A  LIE 

Thus  the  Protocols  were  in  1907  presented  by  G.  Butmi, 
dedicated  to  the  Black  Hundreds,  as  Masonic,  not  as 
Jewish  documents.  In  his  introduction  thie  author  says, 
in  part,  as  follows: 

"These  secret  protocols  were  secured  with  great  difficulty  in 
fragmentary  form,  and  were  translated  into  Russian  in  Decem- 
ber, 1901.  It  is  almost  impossible  to  get  at  the  secret  depositories 
again  where  they  are  hidden,  and  therefore  they  cannot  be  rein- 
forced by  definite  information  as  to  the  place,  day,  month,  year, 
where  and  when  they  were  composed. 

"  'The  reader  who  is  more  or  less  familiar  with  the  secrets  of 
Freemasonry  will  draw  from  the  general  character  of  the  criminal 
plot,  outlined  in  the  protocols,  the  conclusion  as  to  their  authen- 
ticity, and  from  several  details  he  will  suppose  with  great  cer- 
tainty that  the  mentioned  protocols  were  taken  from  the  docu- 
ments of  the  Masonic  lodge  of  Egyptian  ritual,  or  Mizraim, 
which  is  joined  mostly  by  Jews.  .  .  . 

"'But  the  above-mentioned  failure  to  mention  the  time  and 
place  where  the  protocols  were  composed  might  call  forth  in 
the  reader,  who  is  entirely  unfamiliar  with  the  abominations  of 
Masonic  doctrines,  doubts  as  to  the  authenticity  of  these  docu- 
ments.' " 

At  the  end  of  the  "protocols"  published  in  this  edition 
by  Butmi,  in  1907,  there  appears  a  note  by  the  man  who 
declares  that  he  had  secured  and  translated  the  docu- 
ments from  the  French,  on  December  9,  1901,  and  in  the 
very  first  two  lines  of  his  note,  he  states  that  the  repre- 
sentatives of  Zion  mentioned  in  the  documents  are  not 
to  be  confounded  with  the  representatives  of  the  Zionist 
movement.  The  Russian  mystic  Serge  Nilus,  in  his  later 
editions,  connected  the  documents  with  the  Zionist  Con- 
gress in  Basle  and  with  the  head  of  the  Zionist  movement, 
Dr.  Theodore  Herzl. 

The  translator,  as  do  Nilus  and  Lutostansky,  also  gives 
a  version  of  "the  political  plan  devised  by  the  Wise  Men 
of  Zion."  This  translator,  however,  states  that  the  "po- 


THE  HISTORY  OF  A  LIE  61 

litical  plan  was  conceived  929  years  before  the  birth  of 
Christ.  It  was  invented  by  Solomon  and  Judean  sages  in 
theory." 

Here  follow  extracts  from  the  so-called  Translator's 
Note: 

BO  6C.1H  HMT>  H6  flaTb  KpOBH,  OHH  H6  CUSlTb,  &  <5opK)TCfl... 

flpHMtsame  nepeeoAHKKa. 

HsjioaceHHbie  npotoKOJiH  noffnucaHti  QOHCKHMH  npeflCTaBHTeJiSMU 
(ae  CM-BinHBafiie  CT>  npeacTaBiiTejmMH  cioancTCKaro  ABiimeHifl).  OHH 
BuxBaieHH  H3T>  uliJiofl  KHHFH  npoTOKOJioBi,  Bcero  coflepHtaBla 
Koiopofi  He  y^a'jiocb  nepenHcaib  no  KpaiKOcra  BpeMean,  flaaaaro 
Ha  npOHTenie  HXI>  ncpeBo^HHKy  3THxi>  npoiokoJioB'b.  K-B 
OHjio  npnJio;K6HO  eiue  Hedojibiiioe  npu6aBaeaie  11  nnaB3<  aaBo 
Mipa  EspeflMH  MupabiM-b  nyieMt.  STII  npoxoKOJibi  H  HepTeacT> 


Ha  ^paeuyscKoa  xeppnTopiH. 
Ha  ynoMflHyroM'b  lepTeafb  aHannjica  sees  no.iHTii^ecKifl 
Cioaa  no  oTHomeaiio  KI>  HMtioinHM-b   6utb  npoflaenHtiMH 


Translator's  Note. 

"The  expounded  protocols  are  signed  the  representatives  of 
Zion  (do  not  confound  them  with  the  representative  of  the 
Zionist  movement).  They  were  taken  out  of  a  whole  book  of 
protocols,  the  entire  contents  of  which  it  was  impossible  to  copy 
because  of  the  short  time  allowed  the  translator  for  reading 
these  protocols.  A  small  appendix  was  attached  to  them  and 
a  plan  of  conquering  the  world  by  the  Jews  by  peaceful  means. 
These  protocols  and  the  Sketch  were  taken  from  the  secret 
depositories  of  the  Main  Office  of  Zion,  now  located  on  French 
territory. 

"The  above-mentioned  sketch  contained  the  entire  political 
plan  of  Zion  with  regard  to  the  stages  to  be  passed  through 
by  this  movement  and  to  the  means  of  passing  from  one  to 
another.  The  aforesaid  political  plan  was  conceived  929  years 
before  the  birth  of  Christ.  It  was  invented  by  Solomon 
and  the  Judean  Sages  in  theory;  according  to  historical  events, 
it  was  elaborated  and  enlarged  by  their  followers  initiated  in 
this  plan. 


62  THE  HISTORY  OF  A  LIE 

"These  sages  decided  to  conquer  the  world  peacefully  for 
Zion,  with  the  cunning  of  the  Symbolic  Snake,  whose  head 
should  be  composed  of  the  Jewish  Government  initiated  in  the 
plans  of  the  Wise  Men  (always  masked  even  to  their  people), 
and  the  body— the  Jewish  nation. 

"Crawling  into  the  bosom  of  governments,  this  snake  has 
undermined  or  eaten  away  all  non- Jewish  governmental  powers, 
according  to  their  growth,  in  various  continents,  but  particularly 
in  Europe,  which  he  should  do  also  in  the  future,  following 
exactly  the  outlines  of  the  plan  until  the  cycle  of  the  road 
travelled  by  it  will  close  by  the  return  of  the  head  of  the  Snake 
to  Zion, — that  is,  until  this  snake  will  include  in  the  sphere  of 
its  circle  all  Europe,  and  through  Europe  the  whole  world, 
utilizing  all  forces  conquered  by  economic  means  in  order  to 
draw  the  other  continents  into  the  sphere  of  its  cycle.  .  .  . 

"For  instance,  the  economic  theory  of  the  ballot  system  has 
made  it  possible  to  carry  out  everything  that  was  desirable  in 
the  interests  of  the  elevation  of  Zion.  The  Jewish  authorities 
commenced  to  act  by  means  of  bribing  or  by  instigating  the 
majority  of  votes  as  soon  as  they  succeeded  to  manage  so  that 
the  decisions  of  that  majority  became  the  determining  factor  in 
questions  of  national  life.  The  crowd  always  in  need,  or  the 
greedy  intelligent  class,  short-sighted  liberals  and  other  blind 
people  have  also  rendered  good  service  to  Zion.  Therefore  the 
republican  is  the  most  desirable  and  convenient  form  of  govern- 
ment for  Zion  because  it  gives  full  sway  for  the  activities  of  the 
armies  of  Zion — for  anarchists  of  thought  and  action,  called 
socialists. 

"All  that  which  is  outlined  above  is  the  work  of  the  hands 
of  the  nation  without  a  territory,  constituting  but  a  drop  in  the 
ocean  of  humanity,  but  possessing  the  most  ideal  Government, 
every  member  of  which  is  familiarized  with  the  plan  of  action 
worked  out  in  the  course  of  centuries,  from  which  he  cannot 
deviate.  The  politics  of  the  goyim  is  the  politics  of  accidental 
circumstances,  engineered  by  the  Jews,  and  tends  not  towards 
perfecting  the  affairs  of  the  state,  but  towards  struggle  for  the 
sake  of  greed,  or  more  often  for  the  personal  aggrandizement 
of  the  administrators. 

"From  this  it  is  clear,  on  whose  side  there  must  be  victory 
and  the  guidance  of  the  world. 

"Translation  from  the  French,  December  9,  1901." 


CHAPTER  SIX 
THE  BLACK  HUNDREDS,  THEIR  DUPES  AND  CRIMES 

Russia  in  1905 — The  Unsuccessful  Revolution — The  Reaction  and 
the  Reactionaries — Lutostansky  and  His  Work— The  "Sym- 
bolic Snake"  According  to  Lutostansky— Who  Plagiarized? 
— Lutostansky  on  the  English  People — Are  the  English  the 
"Lost  Tribes"? — How  the  Protocols  Were  "Doctored"  by 
Butmi — Conclusion. 

As  the  writings  of  Sergius  Nilus  are  typical  of  the 
"literature"  produced  under  the  auspices  of  the  Russian 
Black  Hundred  organizations  which  sought  to  save  the 
Czar's  throne  by  pogroms,  I  examined  a  large  number 
of  publications  brought  out  in  Russia  during  the 
period  when  "the  Russian  Mystic,"  Sergius  Nilus,  pub- 
lished his  pretended  discovery,  the  "Protocols."  His  book, 
"The  Great  in  the  Small  and  anti-Christ,"  appeared  in 
1905  after  the  Russo-Japanese  War,  when  the  Russian 
revolutionists  made  an  attempt  to  overthrow  the  Czar's 
government.  A  new  organization  was  formed  for  the  sup- 
port of  the  Russian  throne.  It  was  known  as  "the  Union 
of  the  Russian  People," — "the  Black  Hundred," — whose 
program  was  Jew-baiting.  It  was  then  that  Russia 
adopted  a  definite,  anti-Jewish  policy  of  vengenance — a 
pogrom  policy.  The  "Black  Hundred"  held  the  Jews  re- 
sponsible for  Russia's  defeat  in  the  war  and  for  the  at- 
tempted revolution, — and  neither  the  Czar  nor  his  loyal 
organization  of  the  "Black  Hundred"  ever  forgave  Count 
Sergius  Witte,  who  won  for  Russia  at  the  Portsmouth 
Peace  Conference  what  she  had  lost  on  the  battlefields,  for 
inducing  Nicholas  II  to  grant  a  constitution  to  Russia. 
"The  Black  Hundreds"  nicknamed  Witte  "the  Jewish 
Count  of  Portsmouth."  They  attacked  him  and  at- 
tempted to  assassinate  him.  They  assassinated  at  that 
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64  THE  HISTORY  OF  A  LIE 

TAII  III  8  EBPEI 

1- 


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mi  ymm  m*m\  i 
UKiaTfipCBF8  DpaBocjiaBsaro  namiiHCKaro 

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FACSIMILE  OF  TITLE  PAGE  OF  LUTOSTANSKY'S  BOOK  PUB- 
LISHED IN  1907  CONTAINING  ANTI- JEWISH  AND  ANTI-BlUT- 
ISH  ATTACKS. 


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65 


doiraro  esiMBoniiecHaro  3iik 


PE&CTABJIEHHLrf!  nojiimreecRi&  naairc, 
3tn'fl, 


TeopiH,  no  nip*  xe  HcropHiecKass  co6H- 

iiS   paspaSaTHBaeirb  a  aono.iHaein>  npoc- 


9rn  wyjpeuu    piiunjin    smpno 
nip!,  wa  CioHa,  et   xHTpocitio  CHMBOJIH- 
qecKaro    3Mia.    Fjiasa    3Hia    nsoSpaaraeil. 
a—  ryjoBame  eapojcs 
Hpono.isaa  BT>  rocyjiapCTBeHHua 
3MiB  3Ton>  noffraiHBaeit  HJH   no-' 
Bci  ee   iyaeicKia  rocyaapCTBeH- 
HHfl  CHJIH,  no  nipt  Hxi>   pocia  ua   paa- 

BHXT>  KOHTHHeHTaXt,  HO    OCOCCHHO    Sb  EB- 

TTO  OBI  aoaaeffB  A^JiaTt  H  et  6y- 
npH  TOIHOMI  c.ii«OBaHia  no",  npex- 
jsaiepraHiain>  njaaa,  so  rtx-b  nop»,.:.ttOKa  UHiurb  npoBseH- 
naro  ant  nyre  He  coMKHeica  BOSBpaToir^^juiaBH  3Mia  na 
,CioH%^  TO  ecrb  nofta  OTOTB  3Mift  se;  saBjnOTOn,  KB. 
cBoero  Kpyra  BCK>  Espony,  a  "repeat  nee  sect  Mipi. 
ciapawTca  BHCCTH 
Bctim 


FACSIMII.E  FHOM  LUTOSTANSKY'S  BOOK,  "THE  TALMUD 
AND  THE  JEWS/'  PUBLISHED  IN  1907,  SHOWING  THE  PASSAGE 
U8F.D  BY  NlLUS  IN  HIS  BOOK  CONTAINING  THE  PROTOCOW?, 


66  THE  HISTORY  OF  A  LIE 


nyrem.  cmiaMB,  ^To6w  sasjieii.  ro  c$epy  ceoero  qmwa  ocrm- 

Htie  KOHTHHCHTM.  TaKt  K3KB  B03BpaTB  T.iaBH  3Mlfl  HOPE  COBCp- 

uiHTbca  jiams  no  crjiaaenHNMi  pasBauHHaui  rocy^apcTBCHHoff 
womH  BCfcxT>eBpone2cKHxi>cTpain>,  qepeat  naaenie  3108  Momn, 
on>  3KOHOMHqecicaro  pascTpoBciBa  H  paaopeaia,  Bcroiy  Bnoqa- 
Haro  CioHOMi,  lepea-B  HpaBCTBeHHuS  ynaiOKB. 
BHOCHMoe  CT>  noMomtio  xnaoBOKi,  BsaarouiHXi  ce6a  aa 
nyazeHOKi,  H  HtajitHHOKi.,  Koroptia  flaate  <JIHKTHBHO 
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na  noao6ie  6H6.ieficKoB  EC$HPH,  a  npa  HHX-H  sceraa  co- 
nyrcTByiOTb  Mapioxea  H  npoHSBoaan.  CBOIO  nojinraKy  fft» 
no.i63y  acHiOBCTsa.  BTH-TO  MHHHHS  ^paHuyaeHKH  a  Hiauifc- 
HHKHHBJinroTca'caMbiMH  jyHiiiHMH  HOCHTejbHHuaMH  pacnytcTB* 
HpasoB-B  c^  utcia  ea  Mtcro.  9ra  xeHmHHM  cjiyxarb  jvia. 
lixt,  Koropwe,  6jiaro^apa  HUT,,  Bceraa  ny^aaioTca  vb  ACHI>- 
raxi>,  a  DOTOMV  OXOTHO  topryrorb  coBicTbio,  «rro6ia  ao6uTi> 
aeeerB  BO  «rro  6w  TO  HH  ctajio.  Jleabra  a?e  TOJWK> 
ccyxaMTca-  iaKHMT>  ToproBtiain.  coBicra.  TTO  6«cipo  BOS- 
BparaaroTca  BI  pyKH,  ccyxcaBiuia  HX-B,  noioMy  ITO  CT>  no- 
Mombro  TBXI,  »e  »eHuiHHi  pacipaiHsaioTca  cKopo  noc.it 
HXI  no^yqeHia.  CioHCKia  ctra  paaciaBJieHU  aa  sctxt  ny* 
ax^  »roeBi"  H  UHKJn>  3nia  noaBHraetca  BT.  XX  CTOJ*TIK 
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CioHCKHXi  HCHAOBCKHXI  MyipeaoB^  Becb  ojiaHi  aaBoeBama 
saero  Mipa,  6yAerb  noMtmeno  n.  VII-Mi  od0lMW»  TQH* 
.TajiMyAt  H  espea".  K-b  jA&cTsiauT,  Tafiaaro  cioHCEaro  3Mia 
OTHOCHica  H  iweBeta  Bawaa,  BSBeaeHnaa  Ha  ysasaeiiaro, 
BO  BceB  Poccia  o.  npoioiepea  loanna  KpOHiirraaTCKaro.  BI 
3TO  tfficTBie  anwoBi,  o6HarjitBuiHxi  B»  mwrfW  speiia 
jyia  noiptiBa  npaBoc-iaBHoS  peaariij  a.noKOJie6aHia  rtp«  Ha 
ysaxeHia  CBSTOCTH  nepKBH  H  npeiaHHOcta  Uap» 
.  Bci  raseiH,  neiaiBH  KHHrnaaa  Toproai  .  . 
»ff»eu»  pynax^,  .iero  se 

Bca  T  iyHa  6bijia  yse  nojn,  mnaoBCKoa  «onaH»)io. 
omeica  CBKO   noKO,e6aTI,,   a  n<m>»  -«ipo«HyT* 


FACSIMILE  FROM  LUTOSTANSKY'S  BOOK,  "THE  TALMUD 
AND  THE  JEWS,"  PUBLISHED  IN  IQO7,  SHOWING  THE  PASSAGE 
USED  BY  NlLUS  IN  HIS  BOOK  CONTAINING  THE  PROTOCOLS, 


THE  HISTORY  OF]  A  LIE  <Sfc 

time  two  Jewish  members  of  the  Duma,  Yollos  and 
Hertzenstein.  It  was  during  that  period  of  Judophobo- 
mania  that  Sergius  Nilus  published  his  book  introducing 
the  "Protocols"  in  Russia. 

In  my  investigation  I  naturally  examined  the  works 
of  the  Russian  arch  anti-Semite,  Ippolit  Lutostansky,  who 
first  accused  the  Jews  of  the  most  despicable  crimes,  and 
then,  in  1882,  after  the  occurrence  of  the  pogroms  in  the 
south  of  Russia,  wrote  a  volume  retracting  all  his  previous 
anti-Jewish  accusations,  and  declaring  anti-Semitism  to  be 
nothing  but  an  outgrowth  of  ignorance  and  malice.  Sev- 
eral years  later  he  resumed  his  anti-Semitic  agitation  and 
became  one  of  the  most  vicious  vilifiers  of  the  Jewish 
people  on  the  eve  of  the  notorious  Beilis  affair  which  was 
staged  by  the  Russian  government  for  the  purpose  of 
discrediting  the  Jews  and  of  justifying  the  Russian  gov- 
ernmental anti- Jewish  policy  before  the  world.  After  the 
collapse  of  the  Beilis  prosecution,  which  involved  the 
absurd  charge  of  ritual  murder,  Lutostansky  approached 
several  prominent  wealthy  Jews  with  an  offer  to  retract 
his  new  charges  against  the  Jews,  provided  they  would 
pay  him  a  certain  amount  of  money  for  his  book.  The 
Jews  declined  to  have  anything  to  do  with  the  charlatan 
who  had  caused  so  much  harm  to  the  Jews  of  Russia  by 
his  monstrous  accusations.  His  works  attracted  special 
attention  because  of  the  fact  that  they  were  endorsed  and 
supported  by  Russian  Grand  Dukes  and  by  the  Dowager 
Empress  of  Russia. 

While  examining  one  of  his  books  entitled,  "The  Tal- 
mud and  the  Jews,"  published  in  1907,  in  which  he  prom- 
ised the  publication  of  "the  Protocols  of  the  Wise  Men 
of  Zion"  in  his  forthcoming  volume,  I  came  upon  an 
amazing  passage  in  his  introduction,  outlining  an  alleged 
secret  plan  of  the  Jews  to  gain  world  domination,  which 


68  [THE  HISTORY  OF  A  LIE 

I  find  reproduced,  word  for  word,  with  but  a  few  phrases 
changed,  in  the  epilogue  of  "the  Russian  mystic,"  Sergius 
Nilus.  Did  Sergius  Nilus  plagiarize  Lutostansky?  Or 
was  it  Lutostansky  who  plagiarized  Nilus  ?  Or  were  they 
one  and  the  same  person?  At  any  rate,  both  served  the 
purposes  of  the  "Black  Hundreds"  against  the  Jews,  and 
both  employed  the  same  weapons. 

Here  is  a  translation  of  Lutostansky's  introduction: 

From  Lutostansky's   Introduction,   1907 
EXPLANATION  OF  THE  ZIONIST  SYMBOLIC  SNAKE 

"The  political  plan  represented  in  the  form  of  a  snake  is  very 
old  and  was  devised  by  the  Judaean  sages  in  theory,  and  in  the 
course  of  historical  developments  it  is  elaborated  and  augmented 
by  their  initiated  followers.  These  sages  decided  to  conquer  the 
world  peacefully  for  Zion,  by  the  cunning  of  the  symbolic  snake. 
The  head  of  the  snake  represents  the  sages  of  Zion,  and  the 
body — the  Judaean  nation.  Crawling  into  the  bosoms  of  govern- 
ments, this  snake  undermines  eats  away  all  non- Judaean  govern- 
mental forces,  as  they  grow  on  various  continents,  but  especially 
in  Europe,  which  it  is  to  do  also  in  the  future,  carefully  fol- 
lowing the  outlined  plan,  until  the  cycle  of  the  road  travelled 
by  it  is  completed  by  the  return  of  the  head  of  the  snake  to 
Zion, — that  is  until  this  snake  will  include  within  the  sphere  of 
its  circle  the  whole  of  Europe,  and  through  Europe  the  whole 
world.  First  of  all  they  are  endeavoring  to  introduce  everywhere 
irreligion  and  moral  decadence,  utilizing  all  forces  they  have 
won  economically  in  order  to  drag  the  other  continents  into  the 
sphere  of  their  cycle.  As  the  return  of  the  head  of  the  snake 
could  be  accomplished  only  over  the  razed  ruins  of  the  govern- 
mental power  of  all  European  countries,  through  the  collapse 
of  this  power,  through  economic  disorganization  and  ruin,  intro- 
duced by  Zion  everywhere  by  means  of  moral  decadence.  Cor- 
ruption is  introduced  with  the  aid  of  Jewesses  under  the  guise 
of  French  or  Italian  women,  who  even  undergo  fictitious  baptism 
for  these  purposes  and  then  become  the  wives  of  prominent 
men,  like  the  biblical  Esther,  and  they  are  always  accompanied 
by  their  Mordecais,  and  make  their  politic!  for  the  good  of  the 


HISTORY  OF  A  LIE  69 

Jew?.  These  so-called  French  and  Italian  women  are  the  best 
carriers  of  immorality  from  place  to  place.  These  women  are 
used  for  those  who,  because  of  them,  are  always  in  need  of 
money,  and  therefore  willingly  barter  their  conscience  to  secure 
money  at  any  cost.  The  money  is  reality  only  loaned  to  such 
con  science-bar  terers,  for  it  quickly  comes  back  to  the  hands  of 


Asia  «yxyn>  nftwtfaSiaeirtt  $pajHiy3 
K&niouanefi. 

KOHCIBO,  «ro  TpefioBaBiOwifc  a*  Kacaerca 
eratf  yipezjieaifi,  «3roBaeMui«  an  *pamriB> 
oootWHira  cocfasaMH  e«  npaaBtejbcm, 
wo   Apef%capOBCxaa  jpnuovatia  Bucrynaetk  aa 
CioBa  H  oncpHuaen,  DTJTV  AJur.mionBaanJH 
OR  Mwofl-  Asia.' 

GioBi  Bcer^a  eaBocBunajrB  ceQt  i^cra  «T  uixaie 
CBOH   paCoiia-  CKOTI,  tn,  i&iosiHecKHrt  juwaiur,  no  BUIK 
eaert  Ta^tyxi.  ace  ge-espeflCKoe  ^eioBtiecTBO. 

IIo  jairaiisn,  rafiaaro  espeBCKaro  Cionflsua,  COJOSIODOMI  a 
xpyraira  lyjeftCKHMH  siy^peaaMH  em,e.  sa-  929  An.  AO  Poauc- 

CTBa     XpHCTOBX   •fiUJTB     B3MIJIII.ieHl     BJ>    TCOpill    nftinTIWCCKJfl 

uaai  uBpaaro  saBoesaHia  nxa  Cidfia  BceiCBHofl.  flo  nt.pt 
BcropHTecKHxi   coGmift,  n.iain.  aron,  Cujn  paspa- 

a  uouMBaem,  nocBamciiaiuiH  n  aio  A*.W  nowt- 

'), 

fcnra-TH  iiapao.  sasoeBan  iiipi  v*  Ciomt 
SHrpocTtio  CnMBOJHsecKajo  Suis,  caasy  soroparo  JM«BO  Ou.io 
cocraBJum,  nocB^mesaoe  B%  n.fanij  jiyxpeAOBi  npaBnie-ibCTBd 
eapeeBi  (scerAa  saMacKapOBanHkefxase  or*  csoero  aapoiaX 
a  Tyaosame  —  napca*  lyjeflQEia.  TlpoaHKaA  BI  atipa  ficrp-B- 
qacMuxi  BUI  aa  nyra  rocyAapciBx,  SiiiiS  aion  noATa<tHBa.ii 
a  nosBpsui  (cBeprarf  axi)  sci  rocy^apcTBeHaun,  n«M>BpcB-. 
CKiff,  CBJU,  no  nipt  HXT.  pocra.  3ro  se  AOJ««BI  OH*  gfeuTb 
H,BT>  Cyxymein.  upa  TOIDOMI  crtAOsaaiu  npeaaaieprauiflM* 
luaaa,  xo  TBXI  nopi,  noka  vfnun,  npofljcHHaro  uin.  nyru 
HC  cosiKBerCfl  BOSBpaTOin,  Tjiasu  ere  aa  Cioat  -a  nosa,  T»- 
EBire  oCpasoMi,  3uifi  Be  saK-iwiarB,  ae  cocpejoroqHTk  BI 
c$epfe,  CBoero  Kpyra  acett  Efiponu,  a  qepcai  act  n 

Hip*,  no-iwyacb  BCBMB  ciwaiiH  —  aaBoeiwHieirk  a. 
ayrem,   qxoCu   noAiHBHTb  CBOCiiy  B.iiHHiio, 
i»ii«aii6  CBoero  nawa-i  B  ocrajibBue  KOBTHHreaTu. 


').  An.  Daserk.  KaKi,  OWHI  us*  HaH<ku*e  iapoBiitilx*  yiennisoBi.  4«- 
•imwltytofi  WK8JN.  Be  Mon,  MC  6im  nocBami'ui  m.  »nc  .ranny  OrtiaKO- 
uia,  Ma$ojinBinyDc»  Irj,  .AtSPisiu'  a.  BI  cro  npenH.  Orrvx*  ocofiaa  i»q04 

roB»HU\H»'Bero  CO  nopoau  BonBtTBy»maro  llapaiu* 

FACSIMILE  OF  PAGE  OF  SERGE  NILUS'S  BOOK 
CONTAINING  THE  PROTOCOLS  SHOWING  THE  SAMB 
PASSAGE  AS  IN  LUTOSTANSKV'S  BOOK. 


70  THE  HISTORY  OF  A  LIE 

those  loaned  the  money,  as  it  is  squandered  with  the  aid  of 
these  women  soon  after  they  receive  it.  The  Zionist  nets  are 
spread  out  on  all  the  roads  of  the  goyim  (gentiles)  and  the 
cycle  of  the  snake  is  moving  along  in  the  Twentieth  century  with 
the  speed  of  an  express  train  towards  its  goal. 

"The  complete  outline  of  all  the  secret  protocols  of  the  Zionist 
Jewish  sages,  the  entire  plan  of  the  conquest  of  the  whole  world, 
will  be  included  in  the  next  (seventh)  volume  of  'The  Talmud 
§nd  the  Jews.'" 

And  this  is  a  facsimile  reproduction  and  translation  of 
Sergius  Nilus's  epilogue  taken  from  the  copy  of  the 
"Protocols"  in  the  British  Museum,  from  which  the 
American  translation  was  made. 

From  the  Nilus  Epilogue,  1917 

"According  to  secret  Jewish  Zionism,  a  political  plan  was  de- 
vised in  theory  for  the  peaceful  conquest  of  the  world  for  Zion, 
by  Solomon  and  other  sages  already  929  years  before  the  birth 
of  Christ.  In  the  course  of  historical  developments,  the  plan 
was  elaborated  and  augmented  by  their  followers  initiated  in 
this  affair.  These  sages  decided  to  conquer  the  world  peace- 
fully for  Zion,  by  the  cunning  of  the  symbolic  snake,  whose 
head  should  constitute  the  government  of  the  Jews  initiated  in 
the  plans  of  the  sages  (always  masked  even  from  their  own 
people)  and  the  body — the  Judean  nation.  Penetrating  the  bos- 
oms of  the  governments  encountered  on  the  way,  this  snake 
has  undermined  and  eaten  away  (overthrowing)  all  govern- 
ments, non- Jewish  forces  according  to  their  growth. 

"This  it  should  also  do  in  the  future,  carefully  following  the 
outlined  plan,  until  the  cycle  of  the  road  travelled  by  it  is  com- 
pleted by  the  return  of  the  head  of  the  snake  to  Zion,  and  until 
the  snake  will  thus  include  and  concentrate  in  the  sphere  of  its 
circle  the  whole  of  Europe,  and  through  Europe  the  rest  of  the 
world,  utilizing  all  forces  of  conquest  and  by  economic  means 
in  order  to  subject  also  the  other  continents  to  its  influence,  to 
the  influence  of  its  cycle.  The  return  of  the  head  of  the  snake 
could  be  accomplished  only  over  the  razed  plains  of  the  govern- 
mental power  of  all  the  European  countries, — that  is  through 


THE  HISTORY  OF  A  LIE  71 

economic  disorganization  and  ruin,  introduced  by  Zion  every- 
where by  means  of  spiritual  decadence  and  moral  turpitude, 
chiefly,  with  the  aid  of  Jewish  women  under  the  guise  of  French, 
Italian  and  Spanish  women,  the  best  introducers  of  immorality 
into  the  conduct  of  the  rulers  of  nations.  Women  in  the  hands 
of  Zion  serve  as  bait  for  those,  who  owing  to  them  are  always 
in  need  of  money,  and  therefore  barter  their  conscience  in  order 
to  get  money  at  any  cost.  This  money,  in  fact,  is  only  loaned  to 
them,  for  it  quickly  comes  back  to  the  hands  of  bribing  Zion 
through  these  very  women,  and  at  the  same  time  they  have 
secured  slaves  for  Zion." 

A  comparison  of  these  pages  shows  that  Nilus  merely 
added  to  Lutostansky's  version  the  statement  to  be  found 
in  Butmi's  version  that  the  political  plan  for  the  peaceful 
conquest  of  the  world  for  Zion,  was  devised  in  theory  by 
Solomon  and  other  sages  p-?p  years  before  the  birth  of 
Christ.  Lutostansky  said  in  1907  that  "the  head  of  the 
snake  represents  the  sages  of  Zion,  and  the  body — the 
Judean  nation,"  while  Nilus  said  that  the  "head  should 
constitute  the  government  of  the  Jews  initiated  in  the  plans 
of  the  sages  (always  masked  even  from  their  own  people) 
and  the  body — the  Judean  nation."  Thus  the  sages  of 
Zion  were  transformed  by  Nilus  into  "the  government 
of  the  Jews"  in  order  to  connect  the  "political  plan"  all 
the  more  closely  with  the  "protocols."  The  American 
editors  have  omitted  this  part  of  the  Nilus  epilogue,  evi- 
dently because  it  seemed  even  to  them  too  absurd  for 
American  consumption. 

All  of  the  literature  about  the  "protocols"  that  ap- 
peared in  various  parts  of  the  world  in  1920  is  based  on 
the  "documents"  vouched  for  by  the  mysterious  Sergius 
Nilus,  and  fortified  by  the  irresponsible  Jew-baiter  and 
intellectual  pervert  Ippolit  Lutostansky. 

That  the  Nilus-Lutostansky-Butmi  campaign  was  just 
what  the  Tsarist  government  desired  may  be  seen  from 


72  THE  HISTORY  OF  A  LIE 

the  photographic  reproduction  of  the  letter  sent  to 
Lutostansky  by  Grand  Duke  Michael,  who  was  regarded 
as  the  most  liberal  among  the  Russian  Grand  Dukes.  The 
letter  appears  together  with  other  letters  of  congratula- 
tion from  members  of  the  Imperial  family  in  the  volume 
containing  the  passages  quoted  above. 


CocToamjfl  npn 


Focyaapt  HacjrtAHHKfc 

BEJIHKOITb  KHH3*  MlWOCTHBMft 


EPO  HM1JEPATOPCKOE  BLICOTECTBO 

rocyflAPb  HACJIUJIHHK'B  H  BEJiHKift 

KHfl3bMHXAHJn>AJIEKCAHAPO- 

B  H  1  T>  coBSBOJiBJii  6jarociuoHHo 

noAHeceHHtifl  BSMH  Tpyn  ..Taji 

cpHieMi  EFO  BbIC04ECTBy 

6uao  nopyiHTb   UH*   iiepeAaifc   BaMt,   EFO 

HCKpeHH»K)  npHBHaieabHOCTb  aa  B*rae 

BeceHie. 


BjaroBOJiHTe    npiraaTi,  B   MO» 
rjyOoKyio  npH3HaT&ii>HOCTb  aa 
MB*  9KseMDJijipi  Bamefl  Kaara. 

Ero  BucoKo6iaropoAi»  Hpomy  Baci   npHHaik  yBtpenie  n  co- 

H.  I.  JbOTOCTaHCKOMj.  BcpmeiiHOMi,   nioeui  yBaxeaiu  a 


Bcer^a  roroBufl  KT>  ycjiyram  Jf.  flauocon. 


LETTER  OF  THANKS  SENT  BY  GRAND  DUKE  MICHAEL  TO  LUTOS- 
TANSKY FOR  HIS  ANTI-SEMITIC  WORK. 

For  the  benefit  of  the  antisemitic  agitators  in  England, 
such  as  the  editors  of  The  Morning  Post,  The  New  Wit- 
ness, The  Spectator,  Blackwood's  Magazine,  and  a  num- 
ber of  irresponsible  publications  needless  to  name,  it  will 
prove  instructive  and  interesting  to  reproduce  a  few  addi- 
tional passages  from  the  same  volume,  in  order  that  they 
may  know  and  appreciate  not  only  what  that  authority 


THE  HISTORY  OF  A  LIE  73 

said  concerning  the  Jews  but  also  what  he  thought  of  the 
English. 

On  pages  279,  282  and  283  of  volume  six  of  "The 
Talmud  and  the  Jews,"  after  outlining  the  alleged  Jewish 
plot  to  gain  world  dominion,  Lutostansky  wrote,  in  1907 : 

"The  English  are  typical  pure-blooded  Israelites.  In  ancient 
times  they  were  all  red-headed,  as  we  see  from  the  descriptions 
in  the  Bible  and  the  New  Testament.  The  characteristic  of  the 
Israelites  is  known  to  the  whole  world  under  the  sun.  The 
characteristic  of  the  English,  if  we  follow  it  closely,  does  not 
differ  from  the  Jewish  in  the  slightest  degree.  Who  are  the 
English?  This  question  has  long  occupied  the  minds  of  many 
people  in  Europe,  as  well  as  in  England  itself.  The  universal 
trading  traits  of  the  sons  of  Albion,  their  looting  politics,  based 
on  unfair  business,  and  many  other  characteristic  traits  of  the 
nation  which  are  not  peculiar  to  any  of  the  other  European  na- 
tions that  are  even  less  cultured  and  civilized  that  the  English — 
all  these  have  long  seemed  very  suspicious  and  have  drawn 
attention  to  a  certain  kinship  between  the  Anglo-Saxons  and 
the  Jews.  During  the  past  two  decades,  in  England  and  America, 
also  on  the  European  continent,  particularly  in  France,  a  whole 
literature  has  been  created,  proving  on  the  basis  of  many  facts, 
suppositions  and  historical  references,  that  the  origin  of  the 
Anglo-Saxon  race  is  not  Germanic,  but  Semitic,  that  the  Eng- 
lish are  the  direct  descendants  of  the  Israelites,  thrown  by  his- 
toric fate  to  the  shores  of  the  distant  Albion.  .  .  . 

"Indeed,  the  lion  of  Judah,  has  become  the  British  lion  and 
adorns  the  coat  of  arms  of  the  King  of  England.  The  harp 
of  King  David  to  this  day  represents  the  coat  of  arms  of  Ire- 
land. .  .  . 

"But  not  only  are  the  kings  of  England  the  direct  descendants 
of  Jewish  Kings,  they  are  even  seated  on  the  throne  of  David, 
on  which  the  ancient  Jewish  kings  were  married.  This  throne, 
on  which  Jacob  fell  asleep  on  that  night  when  he  dreamt  of 
the  ladder  and  when  the  Lord  promised  the  kingdom  tojiis 
posterity.  This  stone,  called  'the  Stone  of  Fate,'  which  served 
for  the  weddings  of  Jewish  Kings,  was  brought  to  Ireland  by 
the  prophet  Jeremiah.  Tergus  (?)  transferred  it  to  Scotland, 
whence  it  was  taken  to  London. 


74  THE  HISTORY  OF  A  LIE 

"It  is  curious  to  note  that  many  prophecies  about  this  fate 
of  Israel  fit  England  absolutely,  as  for  instance,  the  prophesy 
that  Israel  will  become  a  great  nation,  a  kingdom  on  islands, 
ruling  over  large  colonies. 

"North  America  is  inhabited  by  the  tribe  of  Menasseh  of 
whom  it  was  said  in  ancient  prophesy  that  he  will  become  a  'sepa- 
rate great  nation."  The  very  word  saxon  is  derived  from  Isaac- 
son, that  is  the  son  of  Israel.  .  .  . 

"As  one  of  the  signs  of  kinship  between  the  population  of 
England  and  ancient  Israel,  we  cannot  help  pointing  out  the 
close  similarity  between  the  English  and  Jewish  tribes,  the 
similarity  in  their  manner  of  speech,  and  above  all,  trading  as 
the  fundamental  characteristic  of  both  nations.  .  .  . 

"The  particular  reverence  in  which  the  English  hold  the  Bible 
smacks  of  the  Old  Testament  of  the  Jews.  Even  the  preference 
on  the  part  of  the  English  for  long  clothes  indicates  something 
Asiatic.  .  .  . 

"Arousing  of  late  the  unanimous  indignation  of  the  whole 
civilized  world,  the  English  at  the  same  time  call  forth  amaze- 
ment at  their  traits,  instincts  and  aspirations  which  positively 
make  them  a  monster  in  the  family  of  cultured  and  civilized 
European  nations.  As  the  proverb  says,  there  is  no  family  with- 
out a  black  sheep.  Every  monstrosity,  however,  is  to  be  ex- 
plained— Jews  come  from  Jews." 
*  *  *  *  **** 

This  interesting  information  is  taken  from  Lutostan- 
sky's  book.  Nilus  and  other  writers  of  the  Black  Hun- 
dred camp  pictured  England  in  the  same  manner  imme- 
diately after  1905.  It  was  then  the  Russian  govern- 
mental policy  to  discredit  England  and  the  Jews  in  the 
eyes  of  the  Russian  people,  and  the  Black  Hundreds  were 
employed  by  the  Tsar  as  the  medium  through  which  to 
carry  on  this  agitation. 

The  "Black  Hundreds"  started  their  campaign  in  1905, 
but  their  work  was  so  venomous,  so  absurd  and  so  steeped 
in  ignorance  that  there  were  few  people  even  in  Russia 
who  paid  any  attention  to  it. 

That  the  Nilus  protocols  which  were  published  by  the 
Black  Hundreds  were  not  taken  seriously  in  Russia  by 
the  reactionaries  or  even  by  the  Black  Hundreds  who 


THE  HISTORY  OF  A  LIE  75 

sought  every  means  of  discrediting  the  Jews,  may  be 
gathered  from  the  fact  that  in  the  most  stupendous  anti- 
Jewish  plot  ever  devised  by  the  Russian  government  to 
justify  Jewish  massacres, — the  notorious  Beilis  case, — the 
protocols  published  eight  years  previously  were  never  used 
by  the  prosecution,  even  though  it  resorted  to  every  foul 
means  that  could  be  conjured  up  of  slandering  and  vilify- 
ing the  Jewish  people.  The  very  persons  who  were  in- 
strumental in  spreading  the  "protocols"  in  Russia  in  1905 
seemed  to  have  realized  that  the  false  accusations  which 
they  contained  were  too  transparent  and  too  clumsy  to 
deceive  even  the  most  credulous,  and  so  they  were  dis- 
carded. 

But  suddenly,  after  the  armistice,  a  new  edition  of  the 
Nilus  book  containing  the  "protocols,"  dated  1917,  made 
its  appearance  as  suitable  to  the  chaotic  conditions  that 
prevailed  in  Russia  and  during  the  past  two  years,  as 
has  been  shown,  it  was  reproduced  in  various  countries. 
This  time  the  antisemitic  propagandists  are  trying  to 
connect  the  "protocols"  directly  with  Theodore  Herzl 
and  the  Zionist  movement.  The  war,  the  peace  treaty 
and  bolshevism  are  characterized  as  the  fulfillment  of 
these  "protocols"  which  they  say  had  been  devised  no 
less  than  929  years  before  the  birth  of  Christ,  by  Solomon 
and  other  Sages.  The  present  "protocols"  have  been 
elaborated  from  the  "Retclifre-Goedsche"  versions  by  the 
Russian  secret  police  department  and  the  Black  Hundreds 
who  ascribed  all  the  evils  in  the  world  to  the  Jews. 

The  Black  Hundred  writer,  G.  Butmi,  whose  book 
"Enemies  of  the  Human  Race,"  containing  the  fabricated 
speech  by  a  "famous  Rabbi"  side  by  side  with  the  "pro- 
tocols," gives  several  characteristic  passages  in  his  intro- 
duction that  will  convey  to  the  reader  a  clear  conception 
of  the  type  of  men  who  have  stood  behind  the  movement 


76  THE  HISTORY  OF  A  LIE 

to  discredit  the  Jews  through  the  so-called  "protocols." 
On  page  36  of  this  volume,  Butmi  wrote: 

"The  French  Revolution,  which  ended  in  the  execution  of 
Louis  XVI  in  1793,  was  engineered  by  England  with  the  aid  of 
the  Jews  and  the  Judaized  Masons.  Only  the  Jews  profited  by 
the  French  Revolution,  even  as  they  profited  by  the  English 
Revolution,  attaining  in  the  general  turmoil  equal  rights  with 
the  native  population  of  France." 

Discussing  the  traits  of  the  English  people  and  finding 
a  similarity  between  them  and  the  Jews,  Butmi  said  on 
page  38: 

"The  British  traits  are  well  known  all  over  the  world — their 
exceptional  selfishness,  their  inhuman  cruelty  to  foreigners,  their 
inherent  instinct  of  exploitation,  their  theoretical  stupidity  are 
mingled  with  practical  shrewdness  and  utter  brazenness." 

On  page  39  he  said : 

"Meanwhile  the  Britons  have  not  distinguished  themselves  in 
anything,  if  we  are  not  to  take  into  consideration  the  fact  that 
being  thoroughly  incapable  of  creating  their  own  language,  they 
have  by  their  talent  to  distort  languages  given  to  the  present 
English  people  a  repulsive  Judeo-Carthaginian  imprint  through 
their  shameless  self-satisfaction,  arrogance  and  treacherous  in- 
clinations." 

On  page  41  he  said : 

"In  1843  the  first  lodge  of  the  new  Jewish  union  'Bnai  Brith' 
was  organized  in  New  York.  Gradually  this  Jewish  'Bnai 
Brith'  concentrates  in  its  hands  the  direction  of  all  Masonic 
lodges  in  America,  and  through  them  it  directs  American  poli- 
tics." 


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78  THE  HISTORY  OF  A  LIE 

[Translation  of  the  Nihts  Protocol  published  in  Russia  in  1905.] 

"When  we  become  rulers,  we  shall  regard  as  undesirable  the 
existence  of  any  religion  except  our  own,  proclaiming  one  God 
with  Whom  our  fate  is  tied  as  the  Chosen  People,  and  by  Whom 
our  fate  has  been  made  one  with  the  fate  of  the  world.  For 
this  reason  we  must  destroy  all  other  religions.  If  thereby 
should  emerge  contemporary  atheists,  then,  as  a  transition  step, 
this  will  not  interfere  with  our  aims.  It  will  serve  as  an  ex- 
ample to  coming  generations  who  will  listen  to  the  teachings  of 
the  Mosaic  religion.  By  its  sound  and  reasonable  system,  we 
have  achieved  the  subjugation  of  all  nations.  We  shall  empha- 
size its  mystic  law  in  which  we  will  say  lies  all  power. 

"On  every  occasion  we  will  publish  articles  in  which  we  will 
compare  our  beneficent  rule  with  the  past.  The  benefits  of 
peace,  though  achieved  through  centuries  of  turmoil,  will  stand 
out  in  relief  in  this  era  of  blessings.  The  shortcomings  of  the 
Gentile  administrations  will  be  pictured  by  us  in  the  darkest 
colors.  We  will  sow  such  antipathy  toward  their  governments 
that  the  masses  will  prefer  peace  in  a  condition  of  servitude  to 
the  rights  of  the  so-called  liberty  which  so  tormented  them  and 
destroyed  the  very  springs  of  human  existence  and  which  were 
exploited  by  a  host  of  adventures,  not  realizing  what  they  were 
doing.  The  masses  will  become  so  satiated  with  the  endless 
changes  of  administration,  which  we  instigated  among  the  Gen- 
tiles when  we  were  undermining  their  governmental  institutions, 
that  they  will  tolerate  anything  from  us  rather  than  risk  under- 
going again  such  struggle  and  hardships.  We  will  especially 
emphasize  the  historical  mistakes  of  the  Gentle  administrations 
which  caused  mankind  to  suffer  for  many  centuries  through  lack 
of  real  understanding  in  all  that  concerned  its  true  welfare,  pur- 
suing fantastic  projects  of  social  welfare  and  not  noticing  that 
these  projects  made  worse  instead  of  better  the  state  of  general 
relationships  which  are  the  basis  of  human  existences. 

"The  chief  strength  of  our  principles  and  measures  will  lie 
in  that  they  are  put  forward  and  interpreted  by  us  as  a  sharp 
contrast  to  the  old  and  decayed  order  of  society. 

"Our  philosophers  will  discuss  all  the  shortcomings  of  the 
Gentile  religions,  but  no  one  will  be  allowed  to  discuss  our  re- 
ligion from  the  true  point  of  view  except  our  own  people.  We 
shall  have  a  fundamental  knowledge  of  it  and  will  never  dare 
to  disclose  its  secrets. 


THE  HISTORY  OF  A  LIE  79 


M  17. 

cB  oporoxon  !«-«> 

Rorfla  MH  Bo'uapHMca,  MH  OyaeMi  npn  KawaoMt  yaoOaoM*  cay- 
Tjat  cpaBHHBaTb  Hame  (Saaroe  IlpaBJieHie  CT>  npomauMH  OeaajiaCep- 
EHWB  aanHHHCTpan.iaMH...  OmnOKii  roeBCKHii  napcTB-b  Oyayrt  onu- 
«HBaTbca  HaMH  B^  caMHXT>  apKHX-b  KpacKan>:  MH  nocfceMi  tano* 
npesptHie  H  orspameHie  KT>  HHMT>,  TTO  eapo^H  npeflnoTryn.  noKott 
f  uapb  B%  KptnocTHOM-b  COCTOHHUI  np'aBa»n>  npecjOByrofl  CBOfioaH, 
crojib  HaMyiiremea  HXT>  BI  Teienie  BtKosi,  HcromuBTj  cauna 
BCTOIHHKH  cyTnecTBOBaaia,  nonnpaesrae  npoioaHMuanH,  de  B*Aato- 
HHMH,  «rro  TBOpan*. 

BeanoJiesHiiii,  ae  (JiaKTo,  nepentHH  npaBjieHia,  Ha  KOTOPHH  MITT 
•xcb  noa6HBajm,  Koraa  noaKanHBajin  HIT.  crpofl,  ao  Toro  HUT.  Ha<- 
jiofenan  ao  Tin  nopt,  TTO  OHH  npeanoiryn.  npHa>rrb  Bee  TO,  ITO- 
3iH  mil  HaBfl*eMi,  Jinmb  <5n  ne  pncKOBatb  nepeHcnHTaib  nepeatK- 
Tbia  HessroaH  n  BOJineaia...  TfcMT>  CoJi'be,  TTO  MH  (5yaeMT>,  ny6aHi- 
;HO»  KpHTHKOfl,  ocoOeHHO  Doa^epKHBatb  omuOKD  ynpaB-iesiH  roes- 
«KHXI  npaBaemfl,  cTo^bKo  B*KOBI>  npoxyHirainHxi,  leaoBtqecrBO- 
BeaocraTKOMi  cooOpasHTejibHOCTH  Ha  HCTHHHHJI  6.iara,  BT»  noront  a*. 


ma-s  6un>  HtKOTOpan,  Mtpu  STH  yxyamajiH  Bceofkuia 
v  nopaaoKT>  crpo.s,  Ha  Koropo»n> 

HaniH  npHHimnH  u  utpu  6yayn>  HMtib  BT>  CBOD  nojibay  TO,  HTO- 
«BH  6yayn>  Hcro^KOBaHH  H  BbicrasJieHH,  KaKi>  xoHtpacrb  CT.  paano- 
;RHBIDHMC^  crapuui  nopaaKaMi  o^mecTBeHHaro  cxpoa. 

HauiH  (pHJioco<pbi  Oyayrb  oOcywaarb  H  KpHTHKOBatb  BC*  eeao- 
-craTKn  roeBCKHTb  BtpoBauifl.  BT.  nein.  OHH  nani  oTBtTUTb  «e  MO- 
ryrb  no  OTHomeBitT'  Hamen  Btpu,  noiony  STO  HHKTO  en  Taftm.  H« 
9Baen>,  xpotcb  HamHii  rajiHyaiiCTOB'b  H  paBBitBoBi,  a  OHH  Hnnoratt 
ae  Bbi.aaa.vn>  HXT>,  noroMy  <rro  Ha  RKXT>  ocaoBana  cii.ia  ynpacaenin  . 
nacTBon  Hamea. 

MH  coaaajm  OeayMHyw.  rpaaByw,  oTBpaTHTejibnyio  JinrepaTypy. 
-oco6eHHo  BT>  crpanaxi,  HaausacMuxi  nepeaoBUMH.  nocnb  BCTJTUIP- 
Hla  Hamero  BO  B.tacib  uu  HtKoiopoe  BpeMS)  He  aanpcTiiui  ea,  BO 
-6yae»n>  ee  ncKopenaTb  cTporo»  KPIITHKOB,  ITO«H  oaa,  KBK^  ocra- 
rso«b  roeBCKim,  pymi,  peflbe(pHte  oOpncoBHBa^a  KOHTpacT 
•^TO  paaaaBaibta  6yaen>  CT>  Hamefl  BUCOTU,  CT>  rbMT>,  HTO  Hcioaii 
oo.iOTa  roeBCKmci> 


FACSIMILE  OF  THE  SAME  PROTOCOL  CHANGED  BY 
BUTMI  IN  1907. 


8o  THE  HISTORY  OF  A  LIE 

"In  countries  that  are  called  advanced,  we  have  created  a 
senseless,  filthy,  and  disgusting  literature.  For  a  short  time  after 
our  entrance  into  power,  we  shall  encourage  its  existence  so 
that  it  may  show  in  great  relief  the  contrast  between  it  and  the 
written  and  spoken  announcements  which  will  emanate  from  our 
exalted  position.  Our  wise  men,  educated  for  leadership  of  the 
Gentiles,  will  prepare  speeches,  plans,  notes,  and  articles,  through 
which  we  shall  influence  their  minds,  directing  them  along  the 
lines  of  knowledge  and  understanding  which  we  intend  them  to 
follow." 

[Translation  of  the  same  Protocol  published  by  Butmi  in  Russia 
in  1907,  showing  the  changes  made  in  the  Protocols  within 
two  years.} 

"When  we  become  rulers,  we  shall  at  each  suitable  occasion 
compare  our  beneficent  rule  with  the  former  unsystematic  ad- 
ministrations. .  .  .  The  mistakes  of  the  administrations  of  the 
Gentiles  will  be  pictured  by  us  in  the  most  lurid  colors :  we  will 
sow  such  antipathy  and  hatred  toward  these  governments  that 
the  masses  will  prefer  peace  and  quiet  in  a  condition  of  servitude 
to  the  rights  of  the  so-called  liberty  which  for  many  ages  had 
so  tormented  them  and  destroyed  the  very  springs  of  human 
existence  and  which  were  exploited  by  adventurers,  who  did  not 
realize  what  they  were  doing. 

"The  masses  will  become  so  satiated  with  the  useless  changes 
of  administration,  which  we  instigated  when  we  were  under- 
mining their  institutions,  that  they  will  accept  anything  that  we 
may  give  them  rather  than  risk  undergoing  again  such  struggle 
and  disorder.  .  .  .  Moreover,  we  will,  through  public  criticism, 
especially  emphasize  the  mistakes  of  the  Gentile  administrations 
which  caused  mankind  to  suffer  for  many  centuries  through  lack 
of  real  understanding  in  all  that  concerned  its  true  welfare,  pur- 
suing fantastic  projects  of  social  welfare  and  not  noticing  that 
these  projects  made  worse  instead  of  better  the  state  of  general 
relationships  which  are  the  basis  of  human  existence. 

"Our  principles  and  faith  will  be  especially  useful  inasmuch  as 
they  will  be  put  forward  and  interpreted  by  us  as  a  contrast  to 
the  old  and  decayed  order  of  society. 

"Our  philosophers  will  discuss  and  criticise  the  shortcomings 
of  the  Gentile  religions,  but  the  latter  will  not  be  able  to  an- 
swer with  regard  to  our  faith,  for  no  one  is  acquainted  with 


THE  HISTORY  OF  A  LIE 


81 


its  mysteries  except  our  Rabbis  and  Tadmudists,  and  they  will 
never  reveal  it,  for  on  them  depends  the  power  of  guiding  our 
flock. 

"We  have  created  a  senseless,  filthy  and  disgusting  literature, 
especially  in  the  so-called  advanced  countries.    For  a  short  time 


—  345  — 

iHTpocn,K>  n  npoHujwftBOcnw  BO  spesifr  neperoBOposi-  b  co- 
Mameaifl,  HO  m  TOUT,  <rro  aa&jJBaeTc*  B<M[moia.ibBuiiv  JKIUW 
EOMT,",  HU  CyAeiii  Aepzmca  nporaBonojoxBoft  t&smtu  a 
6yAeMi  KasatBca  qecrauMH  n  eroBOpinBtiiiB.  TaKiixi  o6pa-' 
son  HapoAU  H  •  npaBHTejucraa  roem,  Kotopuxi  uu  npiymuB 
cMorpfrrfr  TOJBKO  na  nosasayfo  ciopOBy  toro,  HTO  MIJ  "nii7. 
npeacraBaaein,  npHicyrb  nact  eiaf  sa  (Jjaroilrejea  a  cua- 
cmejefl  poja  qejOBtqecEaro. 

HaKasjoenpOTBBOAtacTBieMu  SO^SHU  Curt 

Bl'COCTOaHiH  OTBtTHTb   BOBaofi  Cl  «OC*  <«UM  toU1 

crpaHt,  Boropaa  ocM'MHTca  navi   npoinBOjtfl- 

CTBOBiTt,  BO,  CCJH  H  COCtjH  9TB  3  a jy  MaWIl  C.T8JS 
KO-I-ICETHBHO  npOTESl  BaCl,  TOVU  XOJZBQ'.XiTb, 

OTnopi  BCeoCn;efi  sofiaofi, 

FjaBRHfi  ycntxx  BI  DO.IP.TBBB  saMKiacTOjiBTi  tafiat  ft  npejt- 
DpiflTiS:  CJOBO  HC  AWISBO  cowacoBaxtca  cijtficrBi«»iH"ABTUOHaTa. 

'Ki  XBacTBiftMt  01  nonsy  maposo  saxyvaaiiaro-  aan0 
njasa,  yate  Cjnsaiuarocji  vt,  Boju&rfeaBOiiy  Konny,  MU'XOJXBU' 
EUHyajait  rocBCKia  npaBHTejBCTBa  JBO^M  o(>n\ecT8eB- 
nuin,  MH"tHieMX,  staiini  noACTpoeHBMMis  B'axn 
npn  noMomn  xasi  aadiiBaexoB  ^sejHBofi  Aep«? 
zacu* — neiaiB,  KOTopaa,  sa  tte'MHorauit  HCBUIIO-. 
qeuiflMH,  c%  ROiopuMff  c^nraibca  ae  crojm, — 
eca  yze  BI  pysazi  Bamnxi. 

'OAHBHI  CJIOBOMI,  itofo  peawmptBaTE  Samj  cBCTCiry  o6f- 
sjania  roeBcsaxi  npapaie-iLCTBT.  BI  Eopoui,  uti  OABOMy  an> 
BBXI  no^ay-eiit  CBOK>  CH.iy  noBymeniaJor,  T,  e.  Teppopoxv, 
a  Bciirt,  ecJH  aonyc-nrn,  axi  eoacrasie  nporaBi  aaci,  iiu 

OTBtTBUl    AMepBKaHCKHMB     BJB     KHTafiCEHMB,    HJU 


npoTOKp.it. 


MH  WJI«BU  aapyTOitca  xaa  c«5a-  ficiin 
paxa  Eamn  npOTiiBHiiKn  MOMB  6u  Bocnb.ibsoBaTtcn 
naci.  Mu  AOJSBU    oyjein>  BiracicBBaii  BI  CAMUXI  TOBBBXI 
eupaaefliaxi   H   sarBOSABaxi  upaBoeoro  c.iOBapn  onpaBABBia 

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PUBLISHED  IN  IOX>5  AND  CHANGED  BY  BUTMI  IN 

1907. 


82  THE  HISTORY  OF  A  LIE 

after  our  entrance  into  power  we  will  not  prohibit  this  literature, 
but  will  weed  it  out  by  means  of  destructive  criticism,  in  order 
that,  as  a  remnant  of  the  Gentile  ruins,  there  should  be  a  stronger 
contrast  between  the  literature  that  will  come  down  from  Our 
Height  and  that  which  emanated  from  the  filthy  mud  of  the 
Gentile  governments." 

52 

fljw  aocrnaceHU  storo,  BO  Bceft  Espon*,  a  CT,  noHouu>»  ea  or- 
BomeHia  H  na  apyrnxi  KOHTHHeHrarb,  MH  aojutsmj  cosaaib  Gpoxe- 
Hia,  npepeKaalfl.  paaaopu  n  Bpaway.  Bi  STOMI  —  laoaK&st  norwa:  BO 
nepBurb,  MH  aepJKHM-b  BT>  ctpax-b  BC-B  crpaHM,  lopomo  Btflsuomw. 
ITO  MH  BJiacTRU  npoiwBcciii  ao  jKenaBin  693nop^oKR  njni  BOABO- 
pim>  nopflflOKi>  B~b  HHXT>.  Ont  npiiBbiKJiu  BsatTb  Bi>  BacT>  neo6xo- 
AHMOe  naB^enie:  *u  sanymajiu  acw.  Humu,  npomxiymtia  n  rocydap- 
ctnetHHue  KaGunemu  eft:uif>Ho<o  noAutnuKOu,  JKOHOMU^CCKUMU  doto- 
eofmMu  UAU  do.izoskiMu  oGxiamejittmeaMu.  Jlfla  AOcriuceBla  3Toro 
nocatSHaro  oOcToaTCjibCTBa  BaHi>  naao  Cbuio  Boopyxim>ca  6ojibrao» 
iHTpocibn  H  aaate  npoBHp.iiiBoen>»  BO  spesw  neperoBopos-b  H  oo». 
rjiamealfl:  HO  BI>  TOUT>,  HTO  HaauBaeicfl  o<p(pucua.ibBuvi>  asuKOicb, 
tof  floaatHbi  6ti.iu  Kaaaxbca  croBop<jnBHMH  H  npaBaHBHJtH.  TOKHM* 
oCpasom  ron,  xomopuxi  Mtt  npijvujiu  CMompnmt  mojiwo  na  no- 
Kainyic  '  cmopony  mo:o,  vmo  MU  ujut  npedcmas.ixeMi,  npllHHvaixr* 
aaei  erne  sa  OjaroatT&aefl  H  cnacHT&nefl  poaa  ienoB*TCCiMiro. 

Ha  Kaataoe  npoTHBoatflciBie  MU  TOTOBH  orBtmrb  npOTHBoatfl- 
CTBy»mefl  CrpaH*  BOSHOD  ci  coctaaMH.  a  com  iworie  Baayiianrfc 
BOJmeKTHBEO  aificruoBaTb  npoiuBi  Haci>.  TO  MU  3aBaseu'i>  j'sea'b 


BI>  no.iimiKli  saK.iwiaeTCH  BI>  Taflrt  ea  npea- 
npbrrlfl:  caoBa  HC  aoji*Hbi  cornacoBaibca    ci  atDcTBUun 
mrom. 


N*5. 

(no  pyKonnca  nporoitoa-b  2-fl). 

Haul  Beo6xoA*iTMO,  iiofu  BOQHU  Be  aaBaait  Teppnropiaj&Huxi 
BHroav  9to  nepeeecerb  BOO  ay  na  axcmosiRHeeKyn  noisy,  aa  KO- 
topofl  HauiH  yCtaarca  BI  TOJTI>.  TTO  npeo6aaaaHie  BaBHcan,  orb 
nauieu  noMomu,  a  raicoe  nojo^eHie  Bemett  orjacrb  out  cropouu  BT» 
pacnopaxeHie  Haraefl  UHTepnaoiOHajibBoa  areHTj-pu,  o6.iaaa»men 
NnioiioHaMK  raaai>,  B30poBi>,  Be  nperpawaeHnun.  HHKaRiiuH  rpaHH- 
aaioi-  Toraa  Hamn  HBTepHauioBa-ibHua  npasa  coipyrb  set  na- 
poanua  npasa  5*  Oyayn>x  uxn  npasuTb  raKt.  KaRi>  rpaxaaBCsoe 

FACSIMILE  OF   BUTMI  PROTOCOL  PUBLISHED  IN 
I9O7,    SHOWING   THE   CHANGE   MADE   AFTER  THE 

RSVOLUTION. 


THE  HISTORY  OF  A  LIE  83 

Thus  it  is  seen  that  Butmi,  publishing  his  version  of 
the  "protocols"  in  1907,  two  years  after  the  Nilus 
version  had  appeared,  changed  the  text  to  suit  his  pur- 
poses. In  1905,  before  the  first  Russian  revolution,  the 
Nilus  version  of  the  "protocols"  said  "we  will  show  one 
of  them  our  strength  by  means  of  violence,  that  is,  by 
terrorism"  After  the  revolution,  Butmi  changed  this 
sentence  to  read  "We  have  shown  one  of  these  govern- 
ments our  powers  by  assassination,  by  terrorism" 

And  now  the  introducers  of  the  "protocols"  in  this 
country  and  in  Europe  are  pointing  to  bolshevism  as  the 
fulfillment  of  the  "documents"  which  have  been  concocted, 
elaborated  and  changed  by  antisemites  to  serve  the  devi- 
ous political  purposes  of  their  masters  and  their  own. 

The  "protocols"  came  into  the  world  with  the  trade- 
mark, "made  in  Germany"  and  were  elaborated  under  the 
auspices  of  the  "Russian  Black  Hundreds"  in  their  efforts 
to  save  the  dying  Russian  autocracy.  When  the  Russian 
autocracy  was  overthrown  and  members  of  the  "Black 
Hundreds"  were  scattered  in  various  lands,  their  financial 
and  "moral"  support  shattered,  they  set  out  in  quest  of 
new  sources  of  income.  They  are  now  resorting  to  their 
old  discredited  methods  in  a  new  environment  and  thus 
the  poison  of  the  Russian  Black  Hundreds  is  being 
spread  in  England,  Germany,  France,  the  Scandinavian 
countries,  Japan,  and  even  in  this  country.  The  voice 
is  the  voice  of  dead  despotic  Russia,  and  the  hand  is  the 
hand  of  the  same  "Black  Hundreds." 

And  now  cowardly  anonymous  writers  are  embellishing 
the  "protocols,"  adding  new  lies  to  the  old  ones,  making 
accusations  against  the  Jews  that  even  Nilus-Lutostansky- 
Butmi  dared  not  make  in  darkest  Russia.  •  Perhaps 
some  day  these  new  legends  and  absurd,  malicious  myths 
may  evolve  into  a  new  and  revised  edition  of  secret  Jew- 
ish "protocols." 


84  THE  HISTORY  OF  A  LIE 

In  periods  of  turmoil  and  unrest  such  venomous  fab- 
rications may  gain  credence  among  the  ignorant  and  may 
poison  their  minds.  But,  like  all  anti-semitic  myths  of 
old,  the  new  anti-Jewish  legends  are  bound  to  destroy 
themselves.  A  lie  shuns  the  sunlight.  It  thrives  in  dark- 
ness. It  cannot  survive  analysis.  The  truth  will  prevail. 

Israel  has  no  secret  protocols,  no  hidden  designs.  After 
all  its  tribulations,  its  dream  is  still  of  peace,  of  justice 
and  of  human  brotherhood.  After  all  the  centuries  the 
word  that  came  from  Sinai  and  the  message  of  the 
prophets  of  old  are  still  enshrined  in  its  heart.  Indeed 
as  has  been  aptly  said:  "The  Holy  Scriptures  are  the 
only  authentic  protocols  of  the  Wise  Men  of  Zion." 

THE  END 


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